Archive for the ‘Anthropology’ Category

Hotel Rwanda is a 2004 film starring Don Cheadle, portraying events from the true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a man “who fought impossible odds to save everyone he could and created a place where hope survived.”

Rescuing women from prostitution, strip joints, and drugs…  World Magazine tells the story of A Way Out, a faith-based “rescue program”, run by George Kuykendall, a former helicopter pilot, who is doing a new kind of rescue in Memphis, TN.

Since 1992, A Way Out has been rescuing women from Memphis’ prostitution, stripping, and drug culture. Out of 248 women helped, only seven have ever returned to “the industry” after completing the program.

This is funniest musical video about the FaceBook socio-technological revolution I have ever seen. (It’s also the only one I’ve ever seen.) So take a look… and I think you will get a few chuckles as you ponder the impact of FaceBook and YouTube.

If your life is going too fast, maybe you should slow down and listen to this song by Trace Adkins. Or if you wish you could just grow up faster (and you think life is moving too slow) — you should listen to the song, too! You’re Gonna Miss This by Trace Adkins. (This song was playing on my alarm clock this morning, and woke me up.)

  • How To Find Ruby User Groups March 9, 2010
    Ruby User Groups (RUGs, for short) are typically informal organizations put together to encourage Ruby developers with certain areas to get together, share ideas, and, often, to have some fun. If you're lacking for inspiration or want to get to know some Rubyists within certain parts of the world (or just around the corner, if you're lucky), headin […]
  • Vagrant: EC2-Like Virtual Machine Building and Provisioning from Ruby March 8, 2010
    Vagrant is a Ruby-based tool for building and deploying virtualized development environments. It uses Oracle's open-source VirtualBox virtualization system along with the Chef configuration management engine along with lots of Ruby goodness to automate the creation and provisioning of virtual machines for development purposes. […]