Category Archives: social commentary

Empathy and professional victims (reply to Jason Calacanis)

Posted on January 28, 2009 by patrick

Jason Calacanis’ recent email (“We Live in Public (and the end of empathy)” ) talked about the lack of empathy and caring on the internet. Empathy has been taking a hit for a long time. Remember that seeing executions used … Continue reading →

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Dubai: Some places just are not worth visiting…

Posted on October 15, 2008 by patrick

UAE (Dubai) just made the list of places I would never want to be near: British tourist Keith Brown was sentenced to four years in prison after Dubai customs officers found a 0.003g trace of cannabis stuck to his shoe. … Continue reading →

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Not a fun day in China

Posted on May 12, 2008 by patrick

1 earthquake + 28 major aftershocks! (as of Tue May 13 2:00:03 UTC 2008) 1 earthquake + 23 major aftershocks! (as of May 12, 2008 at 20:30 UTC)   MAG UTC DATE-TIMEy/m/d h:m:s LATdeg LONdeg DEPTHkm  Region MAP  5.3   … Continue reading →

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Thinking about working/living in Greece?

Posted on April 10, 2008 by patrick

From an American struggling to survive in Greece for ten years through thick and mostly thin: I have a university education and 10 years professional experience in my field in the U.S. and Europe, which supposedly helps me beat out … Continue reading →

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