Swede shot

I don't really know what hockey is, but this is pretty funny. Also, here's a picture of an ice hockey team from 1921, taken from wikipedia:

Happy bday Baron

A few days ago it was Georges-Eugène ("Baron") Haussmann's 200th birthday (he's dead now). Haussmann's the guy who completely redesigned Paris back in the 1860s with the wide streets and boulevards that define the city today, in general solidifying the idea that the planning of a city could have a significant political and social effect on its citizens. Dropping Haussmann's name was a popular thing to do back in college, I guess partly since you could say things like 'Haussmannisation'. He was also a big part of the great city planning course that I took as a senior. Ananya Roy was the instructor, one of the best professors I had in my 4.5 years at Berkeley (also didn't hurt her appeal among some of us that she came out of the Castells school of thought).



For an account of Haussmann's influence among contemporary city planning check out this great article.