Sunday, October 27, 2002

NADRA - National Database & Registration Authority, Pakistan

NADRA - National Database & Registration Authority, Pakistan - learned about this website while listiening to Moira Gunn's TechNation - Five Minutes. She says:
It seems NADRA has the charter to "register within its purview all persons and things, wherever and whatever they may be, to the extent and in the manner laid down in NADRA Ordinance 2000."
And they go on to explain "things". "'thing' or 'things' means and include all animate or inanimate things, plants, animals, substances, items, concepts, ideas, laws, customs, qualities, signs, symbols, circumstances, affairs, events, acts, deeds, works, transactions, documents, pieces of movable or immovable property, tangible or intangible property, rights, privileges, duties, entities, living or non-living beings other than a human being and any thing that can be processed, or owned, or explained, whether known or unknown."

Saturday, October 05, 2002

HBS: The Eleven Commandments For Controlling Your E-mail

via Plastic: HBS Working Knowledge: Knowledge & the Information Economy: The Eleven Commandments For Controlling Your E-mail
Do you use e-mail effectively? What is the proper etiquette? Three years ago, the Harvard Management Communication Letter issued the ten commandments of e-mail. This article revisits the topic—and adds a new rule.

The Onion | Bush Seeks U.N. Support For 'U.S. Does Whatever It Wants' Plan

Satire: The Onion | Bush Seeks U.N. Support For 'U.S. Does Whatever It Wants' Plan
UNITED NATIONS—In an address before the U.N. General Assembly Monday, President Bush called upon the international community to support his "U.S. Does Whatever It Wants" plan, which would permit the U.S. to take any action it wishes anywhere in the world at any time.

Tuesday, October 01, 2002

A one-by-one solution / S.F. storekeeper helps one homeless man return to his family

This is a wonderful story in today's S.F. Chronicle about a San Francisco storekeeper who helped one homeless man return to his family. I used to live in Cole Valley; I think I remember both the homeless man and the storekeeper.