Random Articles

• No Passengers Equals No Threats? A terrorist threat is thwarted in London. The reaction here and there - making flying more uncomfortable for everyone else, heighten the ‘threat alert’ to ‘red’ (because something might happen we’re not aware of? - hmmm. I felt more secure). Seems that with the plot foiled, we should be _safer_ in the immediate short term -
• 10mph at Lagoon Theater, Aug 14 Almost 2 months after watching 10mph via Netflix and reviewing it, I receive an invitation to the Mpls screening on Aug 15. Kudos to Hunter and Josh for keeping the buzz going on their film.
• Retiring Retirement J Wynia ran some numbers concluding retiring at 65 will probably happen less and less.
• Going Down Market Some interesting graphs from intrade. Chances the US Economy will go into Recession during 2008 Down to 32 from a high of 79. Chances Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2008 Down to 3.0 from a high of 75
• The Almost Always On, Not Quite Everywhere Network One of the reasons I’ve always been skeptical, cynical, and generally a wet-blanket on browser-only software is unreliable networks. Everywhere I go - there isn’t a network connection. So, any browser-only information I might need (email, documents, photos, etc) are completely inaccessible on my fully wifi-enable, ethernet-ready laptop. “I’ve got draft posts on Google Docs — and