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POPSMcMansion Makeover As we move towards a "Green Economy" (or at least we hope so) I've always wondered what it will look like in everyday life as well as how it could be implemented in the short-term. Retrofitting houses seems to be a great option, although the housing market will have to turn around first before people invest more money in their homes.
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POPSBatteries: The New Backbone A gleen revolution, as Friedman has been championing for a while now, becomes less of an original idea (globally) and more of a reality (locally) as more time passes by. It seems to be common sense that if we want to develop a new manufacturing industry, we should also be out front in developing those technologies.
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POPSIn defense of teasing? An interesting article that illustrates how teasing allows people to form more complex, intimate relationships through teasing. As an expert teaser myself, I think it's interesting to think how this social skill can be used for good, or for evil. Keltner's conclusion is this: "In seeking to protect our children from bullying and aggression, we risk depriving them of a most remarkable form of social exchange. In teasing, we learn to use our voices, bodies and faces, and to read those of others — the raw materials of emotional intelligence and the moral imagination."
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POPSKenyans' High Hopes for Obama This article from The Standard, a major newspaper in Kenya, shows that some Kenyans feel like Obama has made "promises" to help them and that he will make African (Kenyan) development and aid a high priority. Kenyans are going to have to wait in line, though, behind the American people.
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POPSFemale Mosquitoes: Out for Blood Many people don't believe me when I say that it's only the female mosquitoes- not the males- that will bite you and suck your blood. But here Wikipedia, the most reputable of sources, proves me to be correct.
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