Compelling graphs from the WHO Report on Social Determinants of Health
by Luke Rodgers on August 29, 2008
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Commission on the Social Determinants of Health has just released its final report which, though I have not read it in detail (it’s pretty long), seems to have some powerfully-worded recommendations and calls-to-action with regard (…)
Is American Health Care Uniquely Inefficient?
by Luke Rodgers on August 28, 2008
Short answer: probably yes.
Longer answer: from the National Bureau of Economic Research, whose newsletter is alwasy full of interesting tidbits.
Havana before and after Castro
by Luke Rodgers on August 27, 2008
I try not to plagiarize Boing Boing too much, but they just post so many interesting things.
Havana Before Castro
Dr. Philip Zimbardo, architect of the famous Stanford prison experiment, is doing a new study on helpful behaviour.
Flickr set of food characters (…)
New bike(s)
by Luke Rodgers on August 26, 2008
Picked up my first roadie ever a few weeks ago, with the eventual goal of converting it to a fixed-gear or single speed for use mainly in the winter. But the more I ride it, the more I just want (…)
Village of Makkinga has no traffic signs
by Luke Rodgers on August 25, 2008
Quote:
It’s normal that you don’t need traffic signs… When you’ve changed the little village into a human place with social interaction between the citizens, of course you don’t need traffic signs.
Here’s to my two friends who start their masters in (…)
Some reflections on Aurora, browser of the future
by Luke Rodgers on August 24, 2008
Let me say first that this is some amazing conceptual work. Coming up with something that is genuinely new (or, depending on your metaphysics, at least seems so) is difficult work. It is rare that something comes along in the (…)
Content Management Systems – a look back in time
by Luke Rodgers on August 23, 2008
At work, we’re planning a website redesign. Okay, less of a redesign and more of a realignment. Our current site has been around since 2004 and though it is still serving us fairly well (four years isn’t a bad lifespan (…)
On climate change and not wrestling with pigs
by Luke Rodgers on August 23, 2008
The saying goes, ‘Never get into a wrestling match with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.’
Unfortunately in the case of climate change debate, the temptation is difficult to resist. There is a small army of (…)
