Interesting facts I’ve learned recently. “Financial Services” is the largest single sector of the S&P500, representing 22% of capitalization. People value money management more than actually making stuff. NewsCorp bought MySpace. So if you post your band’s songs or make friends on there, you’re contributing to one of the evil empires. Ha ha. I’m camping […]
Just wanted to record a thought. The idea of free trade as a Good Thing seems to be mainly based on the concept of Comparative Advantage. But for this to really work requires restrictions on the flow of capital. With minor exceptions like the Russian and Saudi stock exchanges (which bar foreign investment, though they […]
An internet quiz that’s interesting! (and challenging) And my scores actually make sense – I got tired of trying to learn…
Something for those of us who struggle to understand what it’s like growing up in a foreign culture, or who ought to be struggling with it. Something that seems always to be topical. Something that has me holding my breath for Syriana to come out next Friday, not only because I like Matt Damon spy […]
It really surprises me that I haven’t heard this before. The news is old so I’m probably not being original, but I thought it was worth posting. Bush never intended Harriet Myers to sit on the Supreme Court. Since spring, he knew he’d get the chance to appoint two Supreme Court Justices, and he knew […]
We’re losing daylight but I cant work any faster. Under the veil of dusk we go on, Don’t close your eyes. What if it all disappears in the shadows that reach for the stars? The last six months have been great, but the last two days were amazing. Hard to put in to words, but […]
Education as a broad topic is one of the things that interests me a lot. I can think of a couple reasons why (it’s important to everything, public policy is interesting, cogsci is interesting, my parents care about it), but what’s cool is I’m finally old enough that I can start seriously thinking about how. […]
I have decided it’s alcohol. It’s fun to give, it’s fun to receive, it’s fun to share. A good deal all around, really. So last week I spent about 10 hours a day Sun-Tues working on a new web design. It finally works, with adjustable font and window sizes, dynamic rollovers, all the cool stuff, […]