Thomas Homer-Dixon : The Ingenuity Gap
"[T]o understand the determinants of social adaptation to scarcity, analysts should focus on the society's ability to supply enough ideas, or "ingenuity." As scarcity worsens, some poor societies will face a widening "ingenuity gap" between their need for and their supply of ingenuity. Most importantly, their supply of social ingenuity (in the form of new and reformed institutions) will be vulnerable to stresses generated by the very scarcities the ingenuity is needed to solve."
Morning Becomes Eclectic : Rhinocerose
(real evil g2) see also :
Grim Skunk : Rhinoceros (scroll down)
Douglas Coupland : "These glass towers
strike many visitors as a key element of the city's character. A friend from the States told his mother that Vancouver was a city of glass buildings and no curtains, and everybody gets to watch each other. A voyeur's paradise, so to speak. To Vancouverites, these towers signify a few things: the power of global history to affect our lives, and the average citizen's alienation from the civic political process -- they're large glass totems that say "F-you" to us. At the same time, these towers symbolize a New World breeziness and a gentle desire for social transparency -- a rejection of class structures and hierarchy. Regardless of any of that, it takes only a few weeks to build a see-through. Citizens go away on holiday and return to a completely different place. If only the people who build see-throughs could be in charge of the city's roadworks."
Michael Floyd : Roll Your Own XML Editor
"I created a Web-based editor that generates and saves fully validated XML documents based on text supplied by authors. While the editor doesn't completely eliminate the need for markup, it greatly simplifies the process." see also :
I <heart /> rolling my own