The question "are we in a bubble" has been an unsettling gremlin that’s been following Staci and I around during the last 3 months while we house hunted (notice past tense there!). Both Cafe Hayek and Tyler Cowen tries to explain what other market forces may be at work besides a bubble. Housing can be […]
We call It Soccer has a concise review of Franklin Foer’s book How Soccer Explains the World. They find the main thesis of the book weak and unconvincing but it might be worth picking up by serious soccer fans for the "cool anectdotes about players and fans and clubs" from all over. They’re also spot
Super conservative and former Hitler Youth, Joseph Ratzinger has been elected pope by the college of Cardinal. Has the Church missed an opportunity for some much needed change? Only time will tell. Although there is no suggestion that he was involved in any atrocities, his service may be contrasted by opponents with the attitude of
On the day he’s announced as new pope, there is already an extensive Wikipedia entry for Benedict XVI. How can Encyclopedia Britannica, and its ilk, compete with that? Things I learned about our new pope: At 78, he’s the oldest pope elected in over 380 years. He participated in the SEcond VAtican Council, which oversee
Our local Fox affiliate aired a non-news consumer report story tonight that was simply ridiculous. Get this, Paer Shredders are DANGEROUS, epecially to your kids (and pets too)! Especially the cross cutting kind. Apparently, the shredder is simply waiting to lure your offspring and chop off their fingers. What evil little, umm…inamimate objects? Isn’t a
Announcement of a new MLS Labor Agreement was released today, on a friday afternoon to guarantee low exposure(?). It’s a 5 year collective bargaining agreement. We’ve come a long way in 10 years, when the players actual sued the league. Not many details, but minimum salary will go from about $28k to $34k by 2009,
If you’ve got a couple domains that you run, you should check out http://www.dnsreport.com/ and use its tools to make sure everything is set up as it should be. It’ll tell you if your configuration is valid, the address is set to receive email, and also point out potential trouble spots. I used it and
Midfielder Bobby Convey and defender Ryan Nelsen both made the jump from DC United to the English leagues last year and have had quite different experiences. Bobby Convey left for first division club Reading, hoping to help the club earn promotion to the premier league. Despite high expectations, he has found himself sitting on the
I’ve uploaded some pictures from last night’s United vs Pumas game. They were taken with my camera phone and as a result, aren’t all that great. They’re worth taking a look at if you’re curious about how RFK will look as a soccer field now that the stadium is shared with the nationals.
My Dad’s been figuring out how to convert his music records to a digital format, since his stereo no longer has a turntable. The post has an article title Digital Transformation Revives Old Records which mentions the Audacity software project. You can also use a free, open-source program, Audacity (Win 95 or newer, Mac OS
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