MSF Training
Submitted by matthew on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 13:31.As most of you probably weren't aware, this week I went to Motorcycle Safety Training at Murray High School in Salt Lake City, UT.
SUCKCAST! - Or - More of Where I've been!
Submitted by Timpane on Fri, 10/03/2008 - 01:39.Hey all.. still toiling away on the flick. I wanted to share with you a side endeavor I am executive producing.
It is a podcast that is movie-based, but really, is just a funny, crass, ridiculous 30 mins. Please check it out. I came up with the name, concept, and I cast it.. but its these 2 hilarious guys that make it worthwhile..
Peter Schiff got it right, Arthur Laffer got it wrong
Submitted by matthew on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 08:08.A broadcast from two years ago talking about the looming recession. If we're not in one now, then economists don't know what a recession is. Schiff totally nailed the current economic climate. Does he have a newsletter?
The Silent Woman
Submitted by matthew on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 07:49.Found a superb piece on CNN outlining why trying to "talk things out" with your husband can be a really bad idea, and make your relationship take a nose-dive:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/09/26/o.improve.your.marriage/index.html
Racist or Realist?
Submitted by matthew on Sat, 09/27/2008 - 23:27.John LaBruzzo recently proposed that low-income women be given $1000 if they are willing to have themselves sterilized, and a tax-incentive program to encourage college-educated people to have more children.
Talk About A Squeaker
Submitted by matthew on Fri, 09/26/2008 - 22:45.It turns out we didn't have President Gore in 2000 by only 269 votes:
https://www.msu.edu/~sheppa28/elections.html
In a country of 300 million people, that's certainly a squeaker. It also makes it the Presidential vote with the smallest total number of popular vote differences between winner and loser in history.
The Credit Derivatives Risk Primer
Submitted by matthew on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 22:00.For those of you, like me, who have been somewhat mystified about the series of financial bailouts that don't really appear to be stopping the financial giants from toppling, read:
http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1221672153.php
The $85bn AIG bailout
Submitted by matthew on Thu, 09/25/2008 - 10:47.This came into my inbox today. I thought I would share it, but not in the way my fellow American apparently intended. It's not a sober commentary on how much money $85Bn is. It's more of a commentary on American math skills. Can you spot the problem?
Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama and Bartlet
Submitted by JB on Tue, 09/23/2008 - 07:08.This is an entry i posted on my blog, but there isn't the readership there, i thought i would share it here as well. :-)
The New York Times has a fun op-ed piece written by Maureen Dowd. The piece is titled Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama and Bartlet.
Vim as a Python IDE
Submitted by matthew on Mon, 09/22/2008 - 10:11.I've been doing a little programming in Python lately, and have had the limitations of using my favorite text editor -- Vim -- highlighted repeatedly. So I went digging on the Internet to see what it would take to turn Vim into a really decent Python editor. And whaddya' know? Some helpful soul has already put together all the pieces on my behalf:
