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My little brother just made his way back from a (self funded) trip to explore India and do some research in Nepal. He’s taken a copius amount of notes on the intersection of economics and architecture in that part of … Continue reading
Crashing Tehran’s Electricity Grid
NYT – A flier circulating in Tehran, for example, asked people to turn on all their electrical appliances at the same time to crash the electric grid as a sign of defiance. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Black Market Energy Acquisition
Makes its way onto domestic soil. Ten people have been arrested in the theft of about $2 million worth of oil and gas condensate from oil companies and producers in West Texas. Suspects stole about 8,000 barrels of oil in … Continue reading
Filling Up The Intellectual Pipeline
Catching up on the William Gibson canon among other books and movies. Read Spook Country a while ago (systema is plain awesome), recently finished Pattern Recognition, and just started Virtual Light a couple hours ago. Also, picked up John Seely … Continue reading
Review: Half Price Books
Old hat to Austinites, but there’s a great little chain in town called Half Price Books. Indeed, every paperback they sell is for 50% off the cover price. Hardcovers are seemingly randomly priced. More interestingly, they also have a pretty … Continue reading