January 2008
101 posts
5 Signs That You Have Settled | PickTheBrain →
Umm…well…heh…wow…hmm… Shit.
December 2007
110 posts
Letterman Books Robin Williams - New York Times →
TV's best and worst of 2007 - Tim Goodman →
“New York City is a glittering emerald slut, full of potential and promise, but...”
– HOW TO: Move To New York City Sane And Not Broke
HollenbackNet - Ny Move Tips →
“All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives...”
– WHY ORWELL WROTE “1984”
Brad Delong: Krugman and The Housing and Exports... →
I’ve now heard the theory about the possible benefits of the weakening of the dollar from Greenspan and my step-dad, but Krugman points to some hard facts. This leads me to a question: is this really blind luck, or was there some intention behind pulling whatever levers were pulled to cause the dollar to drop in value?
Apparently, M$ got wind of the PoweriMacBookPro... →
Warren, I have to ask: what exactly were you looking for when you put “espostor” into the zune search engine?
Alien Life Form - Eschaton →
Atrios on the new light rail system in Charlotte, NC.
Personal attention drives Apple Store success -... →
Letterman and Writers Guild Reach Agreement - New... →
And guess who has tickets to his first show back?
Bootie Beer and Norma →
Happy Brain Storming » Social Proof or Why we like... →
“CBS’s late-night star, David Letterman, is pursuing an interim agreement with...”
– Amid Strike, 2 NBC Hosts Will Return to the Air - New York Times
3 down, 1 to go: Warner Music Group drops DRM →
Bhutto Assassinated in Attack on Rally - New York... →
Patriots-Giants Game Now on NBC and CBS - New York... →
Boy, am I stupid...
Copy-paste not working in Parallels after the last Apple update has really been harshing my vibe. No bueno. Even though the Parallels support guy said they were working on it but there were no recommended workarounds, I woke up this morning and decided it would be a good idea to try this hair-brained idea, which involved “removing” the CoreFoundation.framework directory from...
How the Cooling Economy Is Stealing Target’s... →
CatStuff: Why does a cat do that? →
“Talent is luck. The important thing in life is courage.
- They’ve had...”
– Manhattan Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or Woody Allen movie
“Average roundtrip airfares between New York and London were about $6500 (in...”
– View from the Wing » Blog Archive » Looking on the Bright Side
Linux Directory Structure « /media →
A Dramatic Comeback for the Play - New York Times →
“Among the psychological tendencies that are relevant to an understanding of...”
– The Becker-Posner Blog: The Subprime Mortgage Mess—Posner’s Comment
“Given the low interest rate lending atmosphere of the past few years, it is...”
– The Becker-Posner Blog: The Subprime Housing Crisis -Becker
via www.americansarebrainwashed.com →
via www.americansarebrainwashed.com
“If you want to understand the entrepreneur, study the juvenile delinquent.”
– Yvon Chouinard, | Outside Online
GameSpot Forums - Rock Band - Green Grass and High... →
Writers Strike →
Do What That Cat Says →
California State Pension Fund (CALPERS) Has Lost... →
Some more negative speculation.
Is CALPERS hiding a huge loss? - MarketTicker... →
Some speculation on the CalPERS exposure.
Subprime exposure overblown - Pensions &... →
A partial answer to the CalPERS/shitpile question.
Pension Fund Shortages Create Hard Choices - New... →
Good to see that California is doing a reasonable job of funding CalPERS and the other public employee pensions. The one question this article doesn’t ask, though, is how much of that money was invested in the big shitpile?
Breaking: Kayak Raises $196 Million, Buys Rival... →
Copy-Paste Suddenly doesn't Work - Parallels... →
This is ughhhh…in fairness to the Parallels folks, it looks like this was caused by the latest security update to Tiger, which happened to come out almost simultaneously with the 5582 Parallels build. Ughhhh.
“A cover version of the song appeared in the music video game Rock Band as...”
– Green Grass and High Tides - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
making a career change - Google Search →
10 Career Change Mistakes to Avoid →
Job-Seeker Career Change Do's and Don'ts →