Monthly Archives: June 2005

Cathy‘s been about real estate for the past week or so, since Cathy and Irving got married and needed to merge their households. Who knew there was such humor in the dry process of buying and selling?

Gaming does not mesh with the prevailing educational model. That said, I find Jenny‘s posts on the GLS conference sessions to be remarkable, if not fantastic. In 1987 or so, I, as part of a class project, attempted to teach … Continue reading →

If you are of a certain age, you will have been a member at one time of either the RCA BMG Music Club or the Columbia House Music Club. This fine service, like its inspiration, the Book of the Month … Continue reading →

IBM‘s MareNostrum supercomputer in Barcelona sounds like a fun assembly. With peak system performance of 40 teraflops for the final system configuration and a projected No. 4 spot on the TOP500 list, MareNostrum continues the IBM tradition of high performance … Continue reading →

Zimran holds forth on how one might arbitrage the existing real estate prices, and then opines, Finally, I don’t buy the argument that population explains the housing bubble. The population of Massachusetts *shrunk* last year, but housing appreciat[ion] in Boston … Continue reading →

Zimbabwe Uproots Its Own: The government of Zimbabwe has launched a campaign to wipe out the country’s shantytowns — destroying tens of thousands of homes and small businesses in the process.

Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Continue reading →

We spent our third annual Father’s Day weekend in Lake George, New York. This year was a bit different because someone decided it would be a good time for the Lake George Elvis Festival. The weather started a bit dreary, … Continue reading →

The Big Sister goes to kindergarten in the Fall. On Tuesday, I went to an orientation session about the school buses, where I learned an interesting thing. The buses have seatbelts. The drivers may “suggest” that the children wear the … Continue reading →

The Group of Eight has agreed to forgive the debt owed them by the poor. I like this idea much more than simply giving poorer nations more money, regardless of how many strings are attached. For one thing, it’s hard … Continue reading →

nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. As the number of sellers approaches zero, the value of the remaining properties increases, until … Continue reading →

The New York State Senate passed S.1750, which, if passed by the Assembly, will modify the way New York allocates its electors. Modifies the election method for the electoral college vote in the election of the president and vice-president of … Continue reading →

Thurston Moore, of Sonic Youth, on mix tapes: In those days, tape decks were as essential as turntables. And they were as bulky as well. But right around this time, Sony issued the Walkman. These new Walkman players were all … Continue reading →

Mark Paschal points to Luke Gonze’s review of Randy Charles Morin‘s Universal Subscription Mechanism. For a while now I haven’t much cared about watching the development of RSS because You Know Who is such an ass. But every now and … Continue reading →

Consider the case of a restaurant which wants to occupy a local historical landmark. All goes swimmingly until the owner finds that the town requires ten more parking spots, but the owner cannot add those ten spots because half of … Continue reading →

Cato asks, Does anyone believe in Federalism anymore?

The kittens, rapidly becoming cats, are firm believers in the dining table principle of you snooze; you lose. It is thus in my self-interest to eat this steak as fast as I possibly can.

In a BusinessWeek article on how Microsoft is causing SBC to fall behind schedule — thanks, Bill — the authors don’t question a key market assumption. Most analysts believe Net-delivered programming is the future of TV since it potentially will … Continue reading →

Does anyone pay attention to SGI anymore? Some years ago, SGI decided to discontinue development of systems using the MIPS processor, and to pursue development of Intel Architecture systems. Their first models ran Windows NT, but nobody cared, so they … Continue reading →