http://ronk.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ first they were there; now they are here en Vox Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:30:57 -0500 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/students-for-a-free-tibet.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ronk) http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/students-for-a-free-tibet.html?_c=feed-rss http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/students-for-a-free-tibet.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:30:57 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521ab00549d0123f178b775860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22521ab00549d0123f178b775860f-50si" alt="Tibetan Monk Praying" /></a> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521ab00549d01240b67364c860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22521ab00549d01240b67364c860e-50si" alt="Buddhist monks" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Thanks to everyone who supported the Tibetan Freedom Movement in this year's Facebook Causes Giving Challenge! They came in 7th overall, won $10,500 in prize money, and raised $32,000! As a truly grassroots organization, Students for a Free Tib... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/students-for-a-free-tibet.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521ab00549d0123dde29bcb860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tibet http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/intention-experiment-the-yankees.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ronk) http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/intention-experiment-the-yankees.html?_c=feed-rss http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/intention-experiment-the-yankees.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:16:18 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521ab00549d01240b6c0e62860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22521ab00549d01240b6c0e62860e-50si" alt="Yankees" /></a> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddc5b3d7860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddc5b3d7860c-50si" alt="Derek Jeter" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> In case you're wondering about this because you live outside the United States (I know Vox readers span the globe) - it's baseball World Series time here and my team - the New York Yankees - is very close to being in it. If you are outside the ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/intention-experiment-the-yankees.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddd9627a860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> baseball yankees derek jeter intention experiment http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/diwali---good-over-evil.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ronk) http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/diwali---good-over-evil.html?_c=feed-rss http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/diwali---good-over-evil.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:02:00 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521ab00549d0123f16f7a0d860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22521ab00549d0123f16f7a0d860f-50si" alt="Diyas" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Today is Diwali or Dīpāvali - a significant festival in Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and today, an official holiday in India. Adherents of these religions celebrate Diwali as the Festival of Lights. They light diyas—cotton string wic... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/diwali---good-over-evil.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521ab00549d0123f16f7a3f860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/me-wii.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ronk) http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/me-wii.html?_c=feed-rss http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/me-wii.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:32:12 -0400 I see they dropped the price on the Wii game console. Should I buy one? I there really any true fitness to using this thing? <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/me-wii.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddade9af860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/students-for-a-free-tibet-challenge.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ronk) http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/students-for-a-free-tibet-challenge.html?_c=feed-rss http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/students-for-a-free-tibet-challenge.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:29:29 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521ab00549d01240b67364c860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22521ab00549d01240b67364c860e-50si" alt="Buddhist monks" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) entered SFT's Facebook Cause - Tibetan Freedom Movement – into this year's Causes Giving Challenge: http://causes.com/sft?m=566209a4 Thanks to your support, Tibetan Freedom Movement came 2nd overall in the last g... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/students-for-a-free-tibet-challenge.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddc0dd1b860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/beatles-stones-and-more---greenwich-village-new-york.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ronk) http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/beatles-stones-and-more---greenwich-village-new-york.html?_c=feed-rss http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/beatles-stones-and-more---greenwich-village-new-york.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:50:10 -0400 Beatles, Stones and more in the Village, originally uploaded by Brooklyn Bridge Baby. West Village NYC The artist's name is Rico Fonseca . <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/beatles-stones-and-more---greenwich-village-new-york.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521ab00549d01240b650650860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/the-center-of-america.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ronk) http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/the-center-of-america.html?_c=feed-rss http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/the-center-of-america.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:37:41 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddbeab41860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddbeab41860c-50si" alt="U.S." /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Ever wondered where the center of America is located? The US Geological Survey says that there really isn't a completely accepted definition of the “geographic center” of an area. We might go with “the center of gravity of the surface, or that p... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/the-center-of-america.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521ab00549d0123dda9babc860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/valentines-day-card-in-strange-town.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ronk) http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/valentines-day-card-in-strange-town.html?_c=feed-rss http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/valentines-day-card-in-strange-town.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:16:22 -0400 Valentine's Day Card in Strange Town, originally uploaded by shadowplay. dolls still spook me. clown dolls are REALLY spooky. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/valentines-day-card-in-strange-town.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddbc56e8860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/tools.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ronk) http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/tools.html?_c=feed-rss http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/tools.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:51:42 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521ab00549d01240b624ec4860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22521ab00549d01240b624ec4860e-50si" alt="Antique Compass" /></a> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddcfab0f860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddcfab0f860d-50si" alt="Sword" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Forbes.com’s list of the top 20 tools that have “most impacted human civilization” (in no particular order) the knife the abacus the compass the pencil the harness the scythe the rifle the sword eyeglasses the saw the watch the lathe ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/tools.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521ab00549d01240b624ed9860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tools http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/and-you-thought-summer-was-over.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ronk) http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/and-you-thought-summer-was-over.html?_c=feed-rss http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/and-you-thought-summer-was-over.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:49:22 -0400 P8150271, originally uploaded by veronica lola ♡. Jersey Shore in September... NOTE: Damn, Veronica took down that photo! <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://ronk.vox.com/library/post/and-you-thought-summer-was-over.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521ab00549d0123ddca2114860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>