Everything You See Is Fake

links for 2007-04-30

For $82 a Day, Booking a Cell in a 5-Star Jail - New York Times
5 star jails, just in case you end up there for minor reasons.
(tags: jails luxury)

El Independent: Una vida nada ordinaria
(tags: Baily family recolections)

El Independent: Una vía a la ciudadanía
(tags: Oppenheimer inmigration)

New Public Toilets In Switzerland
Would you use one of this toilets?
(tags: [...]

links for 2007-04-29

Build It, And Pray They Come
How housing developers really work.
(tags: housing developers)

The dreaded women period
(tags: women period menstruation)

Esto sí­ es un STOP, lo demás son tonterí­as
Seems like a modified photo. The blogger claims that it is located in Andalucía the photo, but why the stop sign is in english and not spanish?
(tags: cars photography [...]

links for 2007-04-28

Pirates_Of_Silicon_Valley.avi - Google Video
In it’s original language, it’s horrible to watch in the translated version, specially if the accent is different from the one that you use and you understand the original language.
(tags: movies silicon valley)

Who gets to use the N word? | Salon Books
(tags: english language race u.s.a.)

El Independent: Yasun
(tags: RLS environment Yasuni)

El Independent: [...]

links for 2007-04-23

What Time is Dinner?
Interesting article I wonder what would be the tradition in the hispanic world regarding meal times.
(tags: cool culture food time u.s.a. UK)

The 900 Club; the World heaviest people
(tags: obesity people psychology America health)

Columbine, VT student: ‘Normalcy never comes back’ - TODAY: People - MSNBC.com
What are the odds of being in two of [...]

links for 2007-04-22

AFF’s Doublethink :: What’s Your Story?
Who is Jane Galt.
(tags: blogging economist politics writing)

links for 2007-04-21

Salesforce.com Quietly Acquires Content Management Company Koral
(tags: salesforce content management)

links for 2007-04-20

Now THAT’S a Protest Babe!
I agree, way to protest
(tags: Protest Russia)

Plastic clogs disrupt machinery in Swedish hospital | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
(tags: shoes croc static electricity)

Why Wolfowitz did nothing wrong. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine
(tags: wolfowitz corruption)

links for 2007-04-19

The End of a 1,400-Year-Old Business
The longest living family company collapses.
(tags: architecture business economy family history Japan)

CITY DESK: COPS SEIZE IMMIGRANTS AT METRO STOPS
This is really worrying, I use those metro stops. I don’t have legal problems, but just the thought of having inmigration problems at the metro stations is scary.
(tags: inmigration detentions)

Sprint rumored [...]

links for 2007-04-18

Wolfie’s Piggy Bank - by Pat Buchanan
(tags: wolfowitz corruption)

New study: Men work as much as women do. - By Joel Waldfogel - Slate Magazine#page_start#page_start
(tags: men women work inequalities)

Finance Blog - Market Movers by Felix Salmon: The H1-B Fiasco - Portfolio.com
(tags: inmigration H1B)

Study: Ethanol Production Consumes Six Units Of Energy To Produce Just One | EnergyBulletin.net [...]