Coffee’s Slow Dance (Published 2011)
A few years ago, I mothballed the fantasy of getting a professional-grade espresso machine and setting it up in the kitchen next to the meat slicer. In part, I gave up because of cost. It turns out a starter machine runs about $600, and if I wanted to own the same technology and firepower as what’s on the counter of the coffee bar around the corner, the price jumped to $6,500. Thermal-stable dual-
NYTimes 「日本の若者は世代の障害に阻まれている」
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/world/asia/28generation.html 敬称略。 東京 ― ホリエケンイチは有能な自動車エンジニアだった。日本ではこのような若い人材が、ハングリー精神あふれるライバルの中国や韓国と渡り合い、現在の地位を保つために必要とされている。30代前半のとき、彼は主要自動車会社に勤めており、先進的バイオ燃料のデザインによって評価を得ていた。 しかし、多くの日本人のように、彼は非正規労働者だった。時限付き（temporary）契約のもとで、雇用保障もほとんど無く、そのほとんどが40代後半である正規労働者に比べて半分の給料しかもらっていなかった。彼は10年以上正規労働者になろうと努力したが、ついに辞めた。時限付き契約だけではなく、日本そのものを、である。 2年前、彼は中国語を習うために台湾に移り住んだ。 ホリエは語る。「
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction (Published 2010)
Students have always faced distractions and time-wasters. But computers and cellphones, and the constant stream of stimuli they offer, pose a profound new challenge to focusing and learning.Credit...Jim Wilson/The New York Times REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — On the eve of a pivotal academic year in Vishal Singh’s life, he faces a stark choice on his bedroom desk: book or computer? By all rights, Vishal,
Why Twitter’s C.E.O. Demoted Himself (Published 2010)
Evan Williams recently stepped down as Twitter’s chief in order to focus on product strategy. It is considered a sign that Twitter — which Mr. Williams calls “a 6-foot-tall sixth grader” — is maturing.Credit...Noah Berger for The New York Times San Francisco AT the annual South by Southwest gathering of techies in Austin, Tex., in March, conference organizers had chosen a hangar-size room to accom
Why Sisterly Chats Make People Happier (Published 2010)
“Having a Sister Makes You Happier”: that was the headline on a recent article about a study finding that adolescents who have a sister are less likely to report such feelings as “I am unhappy, sad or depressed” and “I feel like no one loves me.” These findings are no fluke; other studies have come to similar conclusions. But why would having a sister make you happier? The usual answer — that girl
Nobel Prize Is Seen as Rebuke to China (Published 2010)
Protesters outside the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Hong Kong on Friday demanded the release of Liu Xiaobo, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.Credit...Mike Clarke/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader who won the prize in 1989, highlighted the grass-roots Chinese push for political reform in a statement praising Mr. Liu, saying that “future generation
Kafka’s Last Trial (Published 2010)
An undated photograph of Franz Kafka.Credit...Courtesy the National Library of Israel During his lifetime, Franz Kafka burned an estimated 90 percent of his work. After his death at age 41, in 1924, a letter was discovered in his desk in Prague, addressed to his friend Max Brod. “Dearest Max,” it began. “My last request: Everything I leave behind me . . . in the way of diaries, manuscripts, letter
Mind - Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits - NYTimes.com
Every September, millions of parents try a kind of psychological witchcraft, to transform their summer-glazed campers into fall students, their video-bugs into bookworms. Advice is cheap and all too familiar: Clear a quiet work space. Stick to a homework schedule. Set goals. Set boundaries. Do not bribe (except in emergencies). And check out the classroom. Does Junior’s learning style match the ne
Opinion | Boxers, Briefs and Books (Published 2010)
Charlottesville, Va. I WASN’T always a lawyer or a novelist, and I’ve had my share of hard, dead-end jobs. I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour. I was in my early teens, but the man who owned the nursery saw potential, and he promoted me to his fence crew. For $1.50 an hour, I labored like a grown man as we laid mile after mile of chain-link fenc
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