Archives for August, 2009
From our recent trip to Seattle – video of the Seattle Monorail. Like a rollercoaster, but slower.
From the New York Times Company Settles Case of Reviews It Faked Lifestyle Lift, a cosmetic surgery company, has reached a settlement with the State of New York over its attempts to fake positive consumer reviews on the Web, the New York attorney general’s office said Tuesday. The company had ordered employees to pretend they [...]
Recent post on the Chron: The roaming chainsaw gangs of Houston. Hurricanes bring about unexpected responses in us humans. It’s like the first time you see your dog or cat catch a squirrel and they go all primal on it. And you are looking at your little FeFe thinking “WHERE the $#(@ did they learn [...]
The much hyped, but this IS James Cameron we are talking about, movie Avatar. Completely looking forward to this one!
The way I see it he said You just can’t win it Everybody’s in it for their own gain You can’t please ‘em all There’s always somebody calling you down I do my best And I do good business There’s a lot of people asking for my time They’re trying to get ahead They’re trying [...]
Ran into this 2004 economics paper referenced by Wayne Marr on twitter. Several quotes that jumped out at me for a variety of reasons. All economics links added by me. “The foundation blocks of standard finance were now in place, supporting one another. Investors are rational, prices are efficient, risk is measured by beta and [...]