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Read the article by DAN MITCHELL. Published: March 24, 2007 in the NY Times. Apple is finally being taken seriously not just by the true believers, but by just about everybody.

Read the article by Stephen Regenold, Published: February 23, 2007 in the NY Times. Visitors to this Mexican peninsula can delve into cenotes, a subterranean world of caverns, tunnels and watery holes hundreds of feet deep.

Last week I was in Cuahtemoc, Quintana Roo visiting with friends and new clients. As part of the town’s anniversary celebration, they had a corrida (“rodeo”) before the carnival rides.  This rodeo was, in its totality, a comedy show of sorts featuring dwarf bullfighters who fought increasingly older bulls, but never quite making it to [...]

If you think the minimum wage in the US is bad, try southern Mexico. Here’s a conversation I had with myself about what I pay for internet each month, which is about US$60. Let’s see — on Yucatecan minimum wage which is 48 pesos (US$4.42 a day) that means I would have to work 13 [...]

Hand-drawn signs from a feed store in Tixpeaul, Yucatán. Rotulos are still an art and always lovely. It’s quite easy to get around here with these visual indicators.

Many things in Yucatán have the word “Maya” in their name as a part of regional cultural identity. Here are just two of at least 1,000.