Archive for March, 2008
So You Think Your Commute Sucks?
Think your commute sucks? It’s not quite as bad as this Bangladeshi potter’s ride to the office.
11Mar2008 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
Mortal Sins: Tired and Wired
The Vatican revises its traditional list of mortal sins, to the delight of modern penitents.
10Mar2008 | Chris Baskind | Comments | ContinuedWhen Recycling Goes Terribly Wrong: Meet Gene Pool, the Can Man
Gene Pool is like most New Yorkers. Except, of course that he wears an outfit made of 500 recycled aluminum cans.
10Mar2008 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
China’s Freakshow Haicang Zoo
At China’s Haicang Zoo, animals are treated like circus acts, and tourists flock to see spectacles such as lion-human wrestling and big cats riding horses.
9Mar2008 | Chris Baskind | Comments | Continued
Why Daylight Saving Time Is Wasting Yours
You’ve got to get up pretty early in the morning to beat the United States to Daylight Savings Time.
That’s certainly the case again this year, when Daylight Savings Time kicks in at 2:00 a.m. local time, Sunday, March 8th. You can thank the Energy Policy Act of 2005 for the change, which extended Daylight Savings [...]
Wrap that Rascal! Asia’s Cellphone Condoms
Travel anywhere in Asia, and one thing will become immediately clear: it’s the cellphone capital of the world.
In Beijing or Tokyo, practically everyone is carrying. And not just the candaybar and flip phones familiar to most Americans: Asia is the home of the hottest and most expensive smartphones on the planet. Millions of them.
So perhaps [...]
