andrewdewaard.com

i’ve always been a fan of excuses to do things (like holidays = drinking), so new years resolutions seem like a good idea to me. the roomie and i exchanged a list of 10 for each other. for the record, hers were much more harsh than mine. shit about respect and displacing blame, far out. i told her to get out more, and “get phd and become dr. bond”

for myself, i’ve decided to learn more about philosophy and economics, which means listening to lectures on plato on my ipod and getting a subscription to the economist. and trying to read articles in the business section of the globe such as hopes, fears and bold predictions for 2007. what is it dear readers, are we doomed in the 07 by increased energy costs or gigantic american debt or net selling of U.S. Treasuries by foreign central banks or terrorism or some wicked concoction of all four? i’m not usually this apocalyptic, it’s something about the medium of blogging i think…

speaking of the apocalypse, robert fisk is mandatory reading in these end times. “How the West armed Saddam, fed him intelligence on his ‘enemies’, equipped him for atrocities - and then made sure he wouldn’t squeal”: A Dictator Created Then Destroyed by America and He Takes His Secrets to the Grave. Our Complicity Dies with Him

happier things!

the nobel peace prize this year went to Muhammad Yunus, the guy who created microcredit. My thoughts exactly on this whole problem of “terrorism” and “the middle east” and “war”:

I believe that putting resources into improving the lives of the poor people is a better strategy [for combating terrorism] than spending it on guns.

and here are some other such good things commies like me can be happy about for 2006.

revolutionary idea for 2007? open course ware, by [the real] m.i.t. read about it in “how to go to m.i.t. for free“. for my fellow fake mit graduates or other mediaphiles, they have a Comparative Media Studies program and a Media Arts and Sciences program, including graduate classes.

speaking of open-source, my homeland is going open source too.

i mentioned last.fm and firefox and hype machine as technocessities (copyright!), i forgot digg.com. and now i have a profile and you could see which stories i dugg, if one were so inclined. once again, join and add me as a friend.

(i wish i had more nerd friends who would actually do such a thing)