Jessica on the Colbert Report

One of my uber-favorite bloggers from Feministing, Jessica who has a book out recently was on the Colbert report last night.

Video here. Backstage pictures here.

I've been a regular Feministing reader for about a year now. Jessica on the blog appears (to me) awesomely articulate, very serious at times and completely self-possessed and poised. Jessica on TV came off as delightfully geeky and had a completely disarming grin. Very, very likeable.

What remained the same (on the blog and on TV) was the passion for feminism and women's issues and the drive to convey the same passion to other young women.

Kudos Jessica! I can't wait for Amazon to deliver "Full Frontal Feminism" so I can read it.

Pre-primary debates

I spent almost 20 minutes trying to Google up a broadcast schedule for the pre-primary Democratic and Republican debates. So to save myself some time later,

• List of debates and forums for both parties
  
• List of DNC sanctioned debates
  
• June 3 transcript of the Democratic debate
• Non-official list of Republican debates

Extra, extra, EEEPC - Read all about it!

Intel and Asus announced the EasyPC (or the EEEPC as it is being called) at Computex. With a dollar price tag of $199 and $299, it comes loaded with Linux but bundled with XP drivers as well.

What do the 3 Es stand for?

• Easy to learn
  
• Easy to play
  
• Easy to work

Aimed at a completely different market segment - worldwide and specifically at senior citizens and families with young children, the EEEPC is a product worth watching.

You can also read about it at the Chinese Engadget and Digit-Life.

Blogs I recently discovered - 0

Blogrolls are out, but del.icio.us, bloglines and digg make sure I never run out of new blogs to read.
So here's kicking off a new series where I'll post links to blogs I have recently discovered and grown to like. In completely random order here are a few new blogs that I have been perusing lately -

• ZenHabits - Mostly focussed on GTD and productivity in general, also has some cool quality-of-life posts. You could literally spend hours reading through this super-prolific blog.
  
• AlgoBlog - Not a lot of content yet but a very interesting premise. A blog devoted to discussing algorithms.
• The Happiness Project - Watch the process as a blog turns into a book, again an interesting premise where the blogger tries out and collates information on practical approaches to achieving happiness.
  
• Scott Young - Again a recent find, mostly about productivity and quality-of-life kind of stuff. The funny thing is that the blogger is still in his teens but wise beyond his years (perhaps he was born on February 29th?)
  
• The Mad Momma - Mother of two, lives in India, journalist blogger with a unique perspective on motherhood, her writing makes things come alive.
  

Making life a little easier, one innovation at a time

I don't remember which blog I read this at, but the blogger is currently travelling in Japan and has posted pictures of innovative Japanese products and ideas in Flickr.

Profiting in New York

New York Magazine analyzes how various small businesses (yoga studio, pizza parlor, copy shop) turn a profit operating in New York. Very interesting piece which highlights the interdependence of all things economic at the local level.