Not A Mystery
Archive for May 2009
Persuade Yourself For Free on Kindle
Every once in a while I get surprised. Usually when you get something for free, it’s worth what you’ve paid. However in this case Amazon sent a link for a free Kindle book, and a few days ago I was looking for a ‘light’ read so figured ‘what the heck’. Although I’m not ordinarily a … Continue reading
Loose Nukes Need Some DRM
Pakistan has the world’s attention with the threat that one of their Nukes might get into the wrong hands. There’s a concern that they are not properly ‘locked up’ or ‘secured’ like those in the west. It may be time to bring in the really heavy guns. We could recruit the music and movie industry … Continue reading
The Gloves Are Off For Mother’s Day
THE GLOVES ARE OFF! No, make that: THE DOORS ARE OFF, for Mother’s Day! It’s that time of year, now we hope that it doesn’t get cold again.
Can You Parse Zip, Zero, Nada?
I’m sitting here listening to a supposedly very knowledgeable financial analyst being interviewed about the market for muni bonds. He gets paid to talk, the reporter gets paid to talk. But ‘the expert’ can’t offer any actual advice because he might be wrong and then he will be sued. Resulting in a total waste of … Continue reading
Before Blogs There Were (Wait For It)…Letters!
Here is a last minute suggestion for Mother’s Day. My wife (the artist) discovered The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and loved it, but wasn’t sure I would be as enthusiastic. Turns out I am just as big a fan. Seemingly a ‘chic book’ from the blurb, it is also…fascinating history, great characters, … Continue reading
Documents, Bricks, Dirt, It’s All The Same
And I thought those hefty handcarts they sell in COSTCO were for hauling stuff. Turns out there’s a market for designer carts to go with those expensive three-piece suits. Article from today’s NY Times also spells out those hugely patriotic minority bond-holders in Chrysler don’t have such a great case after all, in spite of … Continue reading
The Right, The Left, We are Surrounded
A political commentator that used to have my respect is now sprinkling his emails with ads like the one pictured here. Unfortunately for him, I don’t think that even his fans in Rio Linda will take the time to click. I guess there are people out there who want to make suckers out of all … Continue reading
Installing New Tools For Posting To Multiple Sites
Eventually Content Will Be King, but in the near term I am getting a foundation set in place for the blog. This particular post is from email via posterous and goes to twitter in addition to Not A Mystery.
Audible.com Is Just So 17th Century
Pierre-Daniel Huet [1630 - 1720] was perhaps the first person to multi-task with books, getting the jump on audible.com by a few hundred years. (Pierre-Daniel) Huet, who lived into his nineties, had a servant follow him with a book to read aloud to him during meals and breaks and thus avoid lost time. He was … Continue reading
Our Kids Were Always Supervised
But wait, there’s always something to be said for legal stimulants.
Politics
I know from experience that anything political I say causes [me] trouble. But I wanted a ‘Politics’ category on the Blog to add some gravitas. Got Gravitas.
