Daily Archives: August 16, 2004

When Harvard graduate and budding anthropologist the Dowbrigade was in desperate need for a "real" job in Peru, way back in 1981, the want ads were not overflowing with positions for Cultural Anthropologists, and so we embarked on our long … Continue reading →

Digital device convergence is a happening field. While we are still waiting for our combo phone, PDA, iPod and mini-browser, with built-in GPS and wi-fi detector, numerous tempting new combinations are appearing. One of the more interesting involves an attempt to … Continue reading →

At least since the first nomadic humans figured out that by placing certain seeds in the ground at certain times a year, and then sticking around to wait for the results, they didn’t have to move around constantly following animal … Continue reading →

I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures. Chief Justice Earl Warren