Monday, February 26, 2007

The 1.5% Real Return Estimate

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Last night I had dinner with folks that included a couple who worked in the financial industry. As might be expected, the dinner conversatio...
Friday, February 23, 2007

Phil teaches Emacs

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One of my former gtags interns, Phil, went back to school at MIT and taught a class about Emacs. His slides were great (much better than th...
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Sunday, February 18, 2007

Beautiful Aptos Beach

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Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Turbo Tax 2007 Review

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This is a review of TurboTax for the Mac versus TurboTax for Windows. I've been a Turbo Tax for Windows user for years. This year, as an...
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Saturday, February 10, 2007

No, I did not cheat...

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Your results: You are Dr. Doom Dr. Doom 68% Magneto 60% Lex Luthor 52% Green Goblin 52% The Joker 52% Apocalypse 49% Two-Face 48% Rid...
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Review: Dreaming In Code

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Scott Rosenberg follows the Chandler project as a reporter, unraveling the mysteries of software development gone wrong. What's interes...
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Sunday, February 04, 2007

Review: Ex Machina

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Note: My copy of The First Hundred Days was checked out from my local library, and it had pages missing. Ex Machina is about a superhero wh...
Saturday, February 03, 2007

Review: Whistling Past Dixie

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This book is an excellent companion and counter-point to Gene Sperling's The Pro-Growth Progressive . Rather than pontificate on policy...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

Review: Nintendo Wii

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I've never bought a game console in my life, though I did own an Atari Lynx once upon a time. But when a colleague brought in his Wii an...
Sunday, January 28, 2007

Review: Jersey Boys

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Jersey Boys is the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. If you've never heard of either one of those, I assure you that you...

Michael Pollan on Nutritionism

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I frequently like to write off the New York Times (especially since their science articles are overly simplistic, and in many cases simply w...
Sunday, January 21, 2007

Review: Pan's Labyrinth

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Run, don't walk to see this movie. There is nothing that I am going to say here that will give you a better understanding or any higher...
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Saturday, January 20, 2007

Scott Burns: Americans not that badly off

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There's a lot of doom and gloom usually about how little Americans save, so it's nice to see a bit of good news (especially from Sco...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

China's Capitalistic Healthcare System

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(Link good for 7 days only) Ironically, it's China that's first to suffer from the ravages of a capitalistic healthcare system. This...
Monday, January 15, 2007

Review: Ship of Fools

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Richard Paul Russo came to my attention several years ago for his delightful twin thrillers set in San Francisco, Destroying Angel, Carliucc...
Sunday, January 14, 2007

Review: The Perfect Thing

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Steve Levy's latest book is yet another example supporting my thesis the English majors/journalists are no longer capable of explaining ...
Saturday, January 13, 2007

Review: Battlestar Galactica Mini-Series and Season One

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As a note to people who buy DVDs, do not buy the original mini-series DVD. Buy the Season One DVDs because that includes the mini-series ...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Nike+ Resolution

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Not sure how this will turn out, but I figure I'll give it a shot. =) So Nike+ is letting you do resolutions, and here I am, deciding t...

Review: Battlestar Galactica Season Two

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If I had to vote for a show that I think is the modern successor to Buffy , it would be Battlestar Galactica. The show is incredibly well-wr...
Saturday, January 06, 2007

Little Asia on the Hill - New York Times

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The New York Times has an article lamenting the number of Asian students in school, especially top Universities like Berkeley, which is appa...