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Monday, May 21 2001

Major standardized test company screws up

Why full disclosure for corporations (and the software and processes they use) would be good: standardized test company CTB, a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill, misreported scores for students who took its test in 6 states, which resulted in good administrators and teachers being fired, students who were doing fine being forced to go to summer school, and good schools being labeled inadequate.

Sunday, May 20 2001

Beefy fries at McDonald's

Why full disclosure for corporations would be good: McDonald's admits it's been using beef flavoring in its fries for the past 11 years, though its ad campaigns implied that no animal products were used in its fries. Given the secrecy around their recipes, I expect that any front-line McDonald's employee would've been as clueless about this as the public. They're getting sued for misleading customers.

Friday, May 18 2001

Problems with stopping poor overseas working conditions...

New York Times article on The Gap's efforts to end human rights abuses in one of the sweatshops that make its clothes overseas, and the problems and contradictions involved.

David Wilson, Tech Columnist

Worth reading: David Wilson's technology column at the LA Times. I used to work with him, 6 years ago, at The Chronicle of Higher Ed; he was one of the first reporters to do a good job of covering the Internet. These days, he seems to be covering consumer technology - explaining what's good and bad about computers and the Net, and what to do with them, for average consumers.

The Coffee Shop 'round my corner

Cafe Que Tal.

Henry Kissinger

Salon.com has an indictment of Henry Kissinger's role in carpet-bombings of millions of civilians in the Vietnam War, and says that "If Kissinger is not responsible for these crimes, then there are no war criminals." In the guise of a book review.

Wednesday, May 16 2001

Nathan Brazil

Nathan Brazil: 14-year-old murderer in Florida.

Nathan Brazil: space-faring, world-saving, ornery old man.

Tuesday, May 15 2001

Alliteracy vs. Illiteracy

Various polls indicate that people are reading less and less, not just of books, but of magazines and newspapers, as well.

Friday, May 11 2001

Seatbelt Violations Can Lead to 2-day arrest

According to a recent Supreme Court decision, it's constitutional to be put in jail for 2 days for not wearing a seatbelt, even if the punishment for not wearing a seatbelt in your state doesn't include jailtime.

Actors strike

From The Onion: porn stars demand to be f*cked harder.

Tuesday, May 1 2001

The (Un)Importance of Where You Go to School

An admissions counselor posits that the college you attend matters less than the people you meet there.

About this site

This is the personal web site for Edward (Ed) Piou. Consisting mainly of a blog (operational since 1999) and various photos.

Some online projects I'm working on

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A while ago, I decided to put my money where my mind is on a (roughly) monthly basis and give to:

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Public events documented through pictures...