Sep 30 2005

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What’s Hurt­ing the Mid­dle Class takes a look at the assump­tions under­ly­ing the recent back­ruptcy “reform” that Sen. Orrin Hatch cham­pi­oned in Con­gress and Dubya glee­fully signed into law.

If you voted for either of them, ask your­self if they really rep­re­sent you and whether your con­cerns are being addressed by their actions.


Sep 30 2005

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From the Chock Full O’ Chutz­pah Depart­ment: The appraiser at the cen­ter of a $14 mil­lion fraud plot involv­ing a local town and the East­man Kodak Com­pany is claim­ing that he’s owed $4.6 mil­lion for appraisals that he did as part of the scheme. Wow.


Sep 30 2005

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Only the Ger­mans would invent a smart beer mat that orders refills. It still allows ads to be printed on it, of course.

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Sep 29 2005

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Orig­i­nally uploaded by tom­masz.

Fol­low­ing the wild weather this morn­ing it’s blue skies and quickly mov­ing clouds. I can see the lake, the usual haze hav­ing moved along with the clouds.


Sep 28 2005

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If you’re inter­ested in elec­tronic paper, the E Ink pro­to­type devel­op­ment kit is for you. $3K gets you the hard­ware, Linux OS and SDK.


Sep 28 2005

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Michael Singer of ZDNet has Five rea­sons for Palm’s slide.

I like my Zire 72, but not as much as my Palm V, the loss of which still pains me. I don’t know what I’ll get to replace it, but it’s not likely to be a Palm.

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