Nice article about the naming of new buildings in New York City. The article indicates the City has gone through trends in naming – the West (the Dakota), the French (the Cherbourg), the Trees (Laurel) and now the Sky (Azure, Blue, Orion).

Developers go through the same process of naming as anyone working on a product [...]

This was news a few months ago. Well, now apparently, The International Astronomers Union is porposing a new definition for planet. I would say, probably to clear up the controversy they created when they said Pluto wasn’t. According to The Useless Tree, this follows a very Confucian (sp?) idea that names are important.

According to Confucius: [...]