Battle of Surfaces

Don't know how many of you are tennis fans, but I meant to post this awhile ago. Pretty cool idea and it happens soon, though it appears the main site is down.

here's the basic idea though

My money's on Federer.

Spy Games

CIA sneaks hostages out of Iran. link

Random links

So it turns out the Japanese are actually dumber than Americans. link

Here's a cool map of the world in relation to countries that supply WalMart's products.

Bee art. I don't if you guys heard, but bees are disappearing.

That Was The Desk I Chose To Die Under

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/18/AR2007041802824.html?hpid=to

I'm a little late on this, but fantastic journalism.

The Kaye Effect

TED Talk

Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you’ve ever seen
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/92

I came across this on one of my podcasts on the drive back from Charleston. -Zach

Lending to the Poor

I don't know if you have heard about the book Banker to the Poor. The author, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, won the Noble Prize this past year. It is about Micro-Lending and why it is a good idea. It is is on my list of books to read.

Anyway here is a website where we can actually help out:
http://kiva.org/