Links

Boston.com: Nyiragongo Crater: Journey to the Center of the World

Shimmer: Confessions of a slush reader: why should I care?
Useful to anyone who thinks they might ever submit a novel for publication and entertaining even for those who don't.


Junot Diaz: Apocalypse: What Disasters Reveal
What the earthquake revealed about Haiti.

vtdigger.org: Draft horses bring fiber optics to remote locations
So very Vermont.

The Republic of T: The Master’s Tools, Pt. 1
About the intersections of racism and homophobia in the wake of the fight over same-sex marriage.

Wired: How digital detectives deciphered Stuxnet
A fascinating geeky detective story.

Classically gorgeous Chinese people

Inspired by this post, I agree that the comment that usual criteria for classical gorgeousness is often white in origin and I 'm curious about how it applies to, for example, Asian people. Because my google-fu is weak, the photoes I can only find are of Chinese people.

( Warning: Image heavy. 12 Images of vary sizes )