Choosing a career

Purdue University's Center for Career Opportunities has a page for discovering who you are and finding an appropriate career (major).

It relies on identifying oneself as one of six types.

How the media work

Archbishop Chaput's essay on the media, its obligation to present the truth, and its shortcomings in doing so.

Leave 'em at home

Apparently, one cannot take snow globes on airplanes. Who knew? (You gotta love the little picture showing the red circle and slash over the cute little snow globe.) (Note, however, that the slash goes from upper left to lower right on street signs; on the snow globe, the slash is on the other diagonal.)

Mike's wanderings

Mike Warner made it to Four Corners at the end of June in his journey around the country visiting national parks.

Failure and system architecture

Charles Perrow's opinion piece in the June 28 Washington Post discusses the role of human controllers in systems such as subways and airliners and discusses the different system architectures of the airliners designed and manufactured by Boeing and Airbus.

He argues that Boeing's modular design may be safer in situations when the consequences are catastrophic.