October 18th, 2005
Furniture
I have a few photos of my new furniture from Eurway up. What do you think?
Archive for October, 2005
October 14th, 2005
Econ Quiz #2
BISMARCK, North Dakota (AP)—To sell things over eBay, Mark Nichols may be required to take instruction in rapid-fire speaking, breathing control and reading hand gestures, even though the transactions are done by computer keyboard and mouse.
To get a North Dakota auctioneer’s license, applicants must pay a $35 fee, obtain a $5,000 surety bond and undergo [...]
October 13th, 2005
The Internet will “fall apart?”
If youve been following the net news, you know that the thug regimes of the UN are trying to seize control of the Internets DNS. The latest threat is that the net will fall apart within months if the U.S. does not turn over control. What does this mean?
Hidden behind the claims of [...]
October 12th, 2005
Need an MP3 Player
I am looking for an MP3 player. I would love to get the iPod nano, but much of my collection is in WMA format, which Apple doesnt do. I want something small and sleek to bike with but with at least 2GB of space.
Ideas?
Oh, and I have some photos up from [...]
October 12th, 2005
Yahoo Chat closes to minors
New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer is at it again—this time, forcing Yahoo Chat to close their chat rooms (used by millions of people) to anyone under 18, and give a few hundred thousand in extort.. err, donations to placate a few interest groups.
Time for an economics quiz. The likely outcome [...]
October 4th, 2005
Free Love
Love Field, that is. For the DWF residents:
Have you seen the Set Love Free ads? After decades of lawsuits and legislative battles, the city of Ft. Worth and Southwestern Airlines are running PR campaigns over a decades old measure isolating the DFW airport from competition.
Pro: http://setlovefree.com/
Con: http://www.keepdfwstrong.com/
I wrote a letter about it:
Please support [...]
October 4th, 2005
FEMA wasted $100 million on ice
The New York Times reports that FEMA wasted over $100 million of ice that was intended to help to hurricane victims.
One frustrated truck driver had to drive 2,000 pounds of ice around for 4,100 miles, being redirected half a dozen times, and waiting up to a week (with the engine running) for FEMA [...]