Higher Ed Bubble Dwarfs Housing Bubble – There's an even bigger bubble in the amount actually learned. Not casting stones or anything, just sayin'. Provide 30,000 rugby balls to youth&high school players – A Ball for All! Does Stretching Before Running Prevent Injuries? – Short answer–no. The only thing I stretch is my running clothes. Inspiration and Chai – "Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer Read More ...
Grilled Cheese Academy – A real education Financial Illiteracy Is Killing Us – Seriously, are there any non-profits focused on teaching financial literacy to kids? I will volunteer to help. Tooth Regeneration Gel Could Replace Painful Fillings – Just ordered up some jelly beans to celebrate this news. Facebook Places vs. Foursquare – Foursquare has a game/awards (kinda). The question with FB places is “why?”. Then again, you could probably Read More ...
Disney Princesses, Deconstructed – All you can really do to fight it is to push a fascination with ocean dwelling killing machines instead of Princesses. But it’s an uphill battle. Muscles Remember Past Glory – I strongly suspect fat bellies have the same memory ability. Thanks No For Skipping Your Immunizations! Whooping CoughIs Back – I wouldn’t let Jenny McCarthy give me dating advice when I was 19. Why would Read More ...
9 Studies That the Anti-Vaccination Movement Says Show Links or Bury the Truth – And a few notes on them. I don't understand the Latin parts, but I think the idea here is that these things keep a lot of people from getting really bad diseases, err, alive. iPhone Is Buzz Compatible While Most Android Phones Aren’t – "Currently there is only an estimated 28% of Android devices in use Read More ...
I don’t know if I’d go so far as to say the U.S. is ungovernable. It’s just that a weapon has not yet been developed to make it stick. Power at the national level creates extreme inequality between the few who hold office and the rest of us who do not. Basically, we can vote in elections, and that is it. With power more localized, we have a greater chance Read More ...
15 Steps to Cultivate Lifelong Learning – Very nice article here. Even though I sort of know all of these things intuitively, I need to be more active in implementing some of them. Cocaine in Space Shuttle Hangar – And no mention of it in the local paper. At least no mention I could find. Interesting Twitter’s Answer To Facebook Connect – I'm pretty close to breaking it off with Read More ...
Twitter’s traffic in trouble? – Scoble has a ton of advice for Twitter. My advice for Twitter: be Twitter and nothing else. Get rid of the 140 character limit? No way! Add comments? No way! Besides, do we really think Twitter could implement all these things without Fail Whaling left and right. Just be Twitter and be good at it, thanks! Lang Wiseman: Vols | Kansas – DISCLAIMER: Lang Wiseman Read More ...
Union troubled by Eagle Scout project in Allentown – How dare you do something for free that these guys won't do for less than $15/hour! Bernanke reassures markets on dollar – Uh-oh. The dreaded "vote of confidence." That means there's a committee already formed to find a new coach. A phpBB to bbPress database converter « – But first you have to install 0.7, convert, then upgrade to 0.8, then Read More ...
Pelosi Open To The VAT – Gasp! Shock! What? She would actually consider a new tax? The hell you say! Post Rapture Pets – No matter what you do or don't believe, you have to admit this is a smart business model. There’s No Excuse For This – Windows mobile 6.5 – Just to needle @raowen: "It's an interim product, and a vain attempt to hold onto the thinning ranks Read More ...
Promiscuous dispersal of your email address – "Sure, you'll get a lot of spam, but deleting spam is a lot easier than finding customers." Wow. Playgrounds From the 70′s – Totally Awsumness 20,000+ Gmail, Yahoo, AOL Accounts Compromised [ALERT] – No one needs your password for anything. Period. Plot to Stop Using The Dollar? – I was just thinking the other day that I may be better of getting paid Read More ...
XKCD Strikes Again – While you’re at it, can I get a drink holder attached to the end of each arm? Rich People Fleeing High Tax States – What? Unbelievable! The gov’ment should do something about this! Rowland Burris Blames Bush For Olympic FAIL – And I thought it was just because the IOC member are all racists. Dell uses social media to gather employee ideas – This is going Read More ...
Sorry, this isn’t a post about True Blood or Twilight. But Vampire Economy would make a great gift for anyone who is into the horror genre. I mean, this sounds pretty scary, doesn’t it? The national demand for “stimulus” replaced private decision making entirely, as businessmen were required to produce and avoid any economic downturns that might embarrass the state. Ironically, this isn’t about 21st century economics in the United Read More ...
Head over to The Liberty Papers for a great explanation of inflation and what you may be able to do about it. Quick synopsis: Higher prices are a result of inflation. The inflating occurs when the money is printed. Inflation has a trickle down effect…sort of like sewage. Those who are close to the money when it is printed, (for instance, people who get paid to build roads through the Read More ...
Darth Greenspan: Anakin Skywalker was a tremendously talented young boy discovered by Obi Wan Kenobi, who initially believed that Anakin was the “Chosen One” foretold by a Jedi prophecy to bring balance to the Force and restore harmony to the universe. Greenspan reminds me more of Mel Brooks in Spaceballs, but it’s a pretty interesting analogy. Read it all if this is the kind of thing than interests you.
At our house, we account for the emergency fund before we have an emergency.
