Right after taking three separate private jets to fly to Washington (rather than, say flying on a bankrupt airline), I received a little email from GM VP Troy Clarke. And here I thought GM had my email address so they could remind me when to take my detestable Saturn in for service. Apparently, they’ve been [...]
I want to talk a bit about page files. Very sexy.
Ready? You have a computer. It has RAM, which is fast, expensive, and limited. RAM is important or everything that runs in the “here-and-now” on your computer… the browser you’re reading this on, iTunes playing a song, that open Word doc that you’re not working [...]
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06kristol.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
See, for most of us who use the Intartubes more than as a horseless telegraph, someone like Bill Kristol would show up, squeeze of some moronic non-sequitur passed off as a point of view, and immediately be dismissed as a troll. At the New York Times, the guy gets a regular column.
Ah, sweet New York [...]
I’m suspending everything to go to Washington right this second. Viva Pinata with Caspar will have to wait, as will my Friday evening martini and Wii Fit. My country comes first. Sacrifices must be made.
OK, here’s the plan. Take the Securities and Exchange Commission and put it in charge of regulating all use of broadcast [...]
“When financial institutions are suffering a crisis in faith about themselves, journalists are inherently a little bit more prudent and cautious.”
[From Amid Market Turmoil, Some Journalists Try to Tone Down Emotion - NYTimes.com]
Awesome. When the markets were building this up, pumping up the economy with flammable gas and shaky [...]
Are you ready to play? Just choose words and put them into the skit that follows!
[A: noun, socioeconomic structure]
[B: noun, economic system]
[C: adjectival form of B]
[D: noun, form of government]
[E: proper noun, Name of country]
Awesome! Let’s try.
A: communism
B: socialism
C: socialist
D: democracy
E: America
In the near future two true [...]