linkworthy news
bits of stuff that grabbed my attention...plenty going on to post about, but haven't had time. will do shortly.

Design That Solves Problems for the World's Poor: a short, interesting and inspiring article in the nyt about design that matters. so now the question is, how do i make myself a designer for the 90% of the world's population that matter (instead of creating more crap)...?

The idjoit who travelled internationally despite having a multiresistant form of TB. According to the nyt's article: "The man, whose name has not been disclosed, has said he was advised not to travel, but not specifically forbidden." And yet, the guy knew enough to avoid the US no-fly list by making "his way to Prague and flew from there to Montreal. ...He drove from there into this country until persuaded to go to a hospital in New York City." Whadda selfish git. Even if he didn't care about the passengers stuck on his flight, you'd've thought he'd worry about his bride to be. Not a very auspicious start to their wedded life together. But there's naught so queer as folk, eh?

And finally, in the kooky korean-americans in the news series, have you heard about Azia Kim, an 18-year-old Korean American Stanford imposter? Personally, it does sound a little too kooky to be true, but whether it's an elaborate hoax, or a very clever ruse, I like it! And I'm with miz j, what kinda name is Azia anyway?

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:: Monday, April 30, 2007 ::

maze meltdown
well, most of you have heard about our messy fwy collapse over the weekend. i'm still amazed (and relieved) that no one other than the driver was injured--i had at least one friend coming home over that overpass that night at about 2:30am--so i'm still a bit stunned. glad that the ferry was free, and today's commute was mostly uneventful (paid for a cuppa coffee to make up for my free ride this morning), but we'll see how the freeway and transit systems hold up over the next few months.

[photos below from sfgate.com, check out the nwzchik blog for updates as well...]

Labels: bay area, news, traffic

:: ewee 10:55:00 AM [+] :: 1 comments ::
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