Philosophy: Too much?

I missed the 10 PM deadline for most restaurants around here and went to Taco Bell. I ordered a "Seven layer Burrito" and "Cheesy Fiesta potatoes" to-go, and shelled $3.02 for it. After finishing the dinner, I was amazed at the trash generated. It included
- A receipt
- A Tissue
- A Moist Tissue
- A Fork
- Wrap paper for the Burrito
- Container for the Side
- A Polythene
- 6 unused packets of sauce (I consumed 2)

I am not a staunch environmentalist, but something doesn't seem quite right. In the land of opulence, I guess the trash is also in excess.

Philosophy: News (via the Web)

I am still trying to come to terms with using internet as a source of daily local/ world news, technology updates, sports updates, Indian business news etc. I am working on a list of websites which I would visit on a dialy basis. It is stuff that I am experimenting with. The assumption is that this is a comprehensive and a competitive list, and will provide me with enough information to avoid the "I am not up-to-date" feeling. So here goes..

World News: news.bbc.co.uk
US news: www.nytimes.com , www.cnn.com
Indian news: www.timesofindia.com
Cricket news: www.cricinfo.com
Financial news: finance.yahoo.com , money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune , www.economictimes.com
World magazine: www.time.com/time
Business news: money.cnn.com/magazines/business2
Tech news: www.slashdot.org , news.com.com
Tech articles: www.artima.com , www.javaworld.com

My aim is to have the perfect list for the given range of categories. I promise to update this list based my experiences, reading daily.

btw. I do save the links to any good online stuff I encounter, at del.icio.us/mohitg.