Just Well MixedJason Lefkowitz's Weblog. ("I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed." -- Robert Frost)Be Prepared- (Found July 2, 2008 ) TIME Magazine&8217;s cover story this week is one that everybody should read. So I&8217;m going to give you an order: go read it, right now. I&8217;ll still be here when you get done. Here&8217;s why the story is so important: it&8217;s about why, when disaster strikes, some people die and other people live. And if you ever find yourself in such a situation, I want you to be in the latter category. So what makes the difference Turns out it&8217;s the advice that every Boy Scout has been...http://www.jasonlefkowitz.net/blog1archive/2008/06/be_prepared.html In Case You Were Wondering What It Looks Like When $1.2 Billion Goes Up In Smoke- (Found July 2, 2008 ) &8230; here&8217;s the answer: (And here&8217;s the full story, if you missed it back in February.)http://www.jasonlefkowitz.net/blog1archive/2008/06/in_case_you_wer_2.html Marriage and Equality- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The California Supreme Court&8217;s decision to allow same-sex marriages in that state went into effect at 5:01PM on Monday, and gay couples have been rushing to the altar ever since. I thought about writing something about this, but then I remembered that I wrote a post in this space four years ago titled &8220;Confessions of a Moral Coward&8221; that pretty much says everything I have to say on the subject. So I&8217;ll just encourage you to read that instead.http://www.jasonlefkowitz.net/blog1archive/2008/06/marriage_and_eq.html The Big Picture- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Boston.com, the Web site of the Boston Globe, has started a new blog titled &8220;The Big Picture&8221; that focuses solely on presenting news photographs in very large format with impressive detail. The results are uniformly stunning. Check it out.http://www.jasonlefkowitz.net/blog1archive/2008/06/the_big_picture.html The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Highlights- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Last weekend, I had the opportunity to visit the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, their annex facility out by Dulles International Airport. Longtime Readers™ will know that I'm a complete airplane geek. So I took the opportunity, and I brought my cameraphone with me. The result is a new Flickr photoset with nearly 50 photos of what I thought were the highlights of their collection. I've taken the time to mark up each photo with a short essay that explains.http://www.jasonlefkowitz.net/blog1archive/2008/04/the_steven_f_ud.html |