Really!! See Antarctica, 1961: A Soviet Surgeon Has to Remove His Own Appendix – Alexis Madrigal – Technology – The Atlantic

Are combined in this great poster above. I would also recommend you donate to agencies that do this work day in, day out, like MSF. 

More great artwork to aid Japan can be found here.

(Found via Swiss Miss)

Adam Schwabe (@adamschwabe on Twitter and a former colleague at IBM) has a good rundown on the cost of developing an app here: The Race to the Bottom for Native Apps | Teehan+Lax.

Any organization considering developing an app would do well to read this first in order to better understand what they are getting into. Adam is not just passing on what he has read elsewhere: he has strong experience with developing mobile apps, including the successful Rocket Radar. Take a look.

There are lots of good sources, but to me the best right now is NHK WORLD TV on USTREAM. It’s the official NHK WORLD TV news station from Japan (think CNN, CBC, BBC or Al Jazeera) and it is live and in English 24-hours a day. Watch.

She’s a great dancer. But here wikipedia entry says it better, with quotes like:

With her mane of platinum dreadlocks, her physical power and her mastery of the full-body barrel jump, which looks like a horizontal pirouette, her image was a signature for the company

and

…she gave heart and soul to her art. She embodied dance on the outer edge, performing with passion and generosity, dazzling audiences worldwide.

Now she will be performing here: Harbourfront Centre – World Stage 2010:11 | Louise Lecavalier

Here’s an old video of her from her days with La La La Human Steps (Infante c’est destroy). She dances great throughout, with an amazing display of her power and virtuosity starting around the 2:15 mark: