Apparently many people like to say that the current economic situation is the worst since the great depression. While that makes for great headlines, and plays to the Democrats story, it’s not the truth.
Small Business Labs has a blog post that compares the current conditions with the 80’s, with graphs.
Unemployment was very high in the [...]
Entries from September 2008
I Look at the current economic situation in context
September 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Why a Walled Garden is Bad
September 13th, 2008 · No Comments
Tim O’Reilly pointed out this blog post, how a music downloading application was denied entry into the AppStore because it, “…duplicates iTunes functionality…”. Except it doesn’t duplicate anything on the iPhone.
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Analog and the Economy
September 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Stanley Schmidt had another interesting editorial in the November 2008 Analog magazine. he discusses disruptive technologies and ideas that seem to have a life of their own without any rational for their continued existence. Overall, the article was good and thought provoking.
What I found interesting was his assertion that the marketplace sometimes makes bad decisions [...]
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September 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Adam Savage has a great demonstration of the speed of sound in gasses.
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Science And Religion
September 1st, 2008 · No Comments
I found this post by StarStryder (Dr. Pamela Gay) discussing her position as a Christian and a scientist.
I appreciated her position, because, after many years, I’ve arrived at a similar place in my walk through this life. I’ve spent many years in conservative evangelical/pentecostal churches. We left church a few years ago, finding that what [...]
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