Archives for March 1, 2009
The Banking Crisis…
Posted by Greg Laden on March 1, 2009 … explained. I heard the first 50 minutes or so of a one hour edition of This American Life dedicated to explaining the banking crisis in terms that can be understood by any reasonable smart (or even not so smart) person. The bottom line: Nationalize the banks, then re-privatize them as soon as possible. One…
Massimo Pigliucci on AM 950
Posted by Greg Laden on March 1, 2009 This morning, interviewed by Yours Truly. Massimo was brilliant! You will not want to miss this. The podcast is up now at this location on the intertubes. You should also visit Dr. Dr. Dr. Pigliucci’s web site, Rationally Speaking, here.
Technology Today
Posted by Greg Laden on March 1, 2009 Should OpenOffice.org (OOo) writer (the text editor unit of the OpenSource office suite) have the horizontal ruler, on the top of the page, visible by default, or should it be hidden by default? This is the argument that it should be hidden by default. If you become a registered user of the OOo web site,…
Gunfire at Night
Posted by Greg Laden on March 1, 2009 … continued … Kununzu was our new guard. Lula had gone on to another assignment, and since there were almost no bazungu (white foreigners) left, I suppose the park authorities figured Kunuzu would do. Kunuzu reminded me of Barney Fife in some ways, not the least of which being that he kept the one bullet…
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