links for 2006-10-21

• Ethiopia – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  it’s interesting. in the 1st centry AD the capital of Ethopia Auxm was considered one of the main powers in the world next to China, Rome, and Persia.
  (tags: history)
• Mani (prophet) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  yet another son of Jesus.
  (tags: religion)
• Myrrh – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  it’s made from the sap of trees from ethopia and somalia
  (tags: spice geography stuff)
• Fernet Branca – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  it’s spicy, but has opiates
  (tags: liqour)
• Tricycle, Inc.
  carpet made from stuff
  (tags: design environment)
• Al-Biruni – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  ye olde persian mathematician and physicst
  (tags: math physics)
• Postcolonial Melancholia; ; Paul Gilroy
  sounds cool.
  (tags: race culture)
• Biotech | Vettel, Eric J.
  it’s a history of the american biotech industry.
  (tags: biotech)
• Amazon.com: The Echo Maker: A Novel: Books: Richard Powers
  oh my god…
  plus you can buy with with against the day. awesome.
  (tags: fiction)
• Midnight Eye interview: Nobuhiro Yamashita
  japanese film maker from osaka. makes films about young men and their various adventures.
  (tags: media)
• The New Yorker: Fact
  malcolm gladwell’s piece on healthcare
  (tags: healthcare)