SJ Mercury: 10 choices that were critical to the Net's success. Dan Gillmor. A series of decisions proved critical -- choices that helped turn data transport into a commodity business and put the power in users' hands, not in the centralized telecommunications companies' controlling grasp. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Chilo. "Prefer loss to the wealth of dishonest gain; the former vexes you for a time; the latter will bring you lasting remorse."
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William Penn. "True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment."
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Marcel Proust. "We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take us or spare us."
Many parents try to ensure their children succeed in school by buying a home computer or paying for a private tutor. But some are neglecting a more basic ingredient of academic success: good nutrition.