In the “simultaneity of the determination of crude oil prices and retail information” department, expectations of increased summer gas inventories in the US has reduced crude oil prices. Note that this price change comes on the expectation of information on inventories that will be released next week. This reminds me of one of my favorite …
Because of house and work I’ve missed much of the gas price hoopla over the past month. Others have been paying attention, though, and I recommend this post from Steve Verdon for its wealth of quantitative analysis and information. Retail gasoline prices react to crude oil prices in a “rocket and feathers” pattern: when crude …
This Wired article profiles <a href=”http://www.garageband.com”GarageBand.com: Musicians who want to share and promote their music on the Net have yet another tool to help them reach eager listeners. GarageBand.com — a site that both hosts independent music and uses a peer-review process to identify hot bands — is offering the Creative Commons Music Sharing License …
Stupid me, what’s my favorite sport? Hockey. What happened last night? Game 7. Who arranged the Harry Potter schedule? Me. Doh! But the highlights looked great. I was pulling for Tampa because I think they generally play a cleaner game than Calgary, and it’s great to have players like Dave Andreychuk hoist the Cup after …
Saw POA last night, loved it. The filter color change in the filming made the whole atmosphere appropriately more gothic. Gary Oldman lived up to my high expectations as Sirius; he managed to be an over-the-top madman at points and a compassionate and generous person at others, hard to carry off. Loved the Dementors. Loved …
Declan McCullagh’s article advocating the abolition of the FCC is a must-read, even if you disagree with him (for the record, I don’t). In fact, he argues that the FCC may now be downright counterproductive: Consider some examples of bureaucratic malfeasance that the FCC, with the complicity of the U.S. Congress, has committed. The FCC …
Last week while I was in my work-and-house frenzy I missed an interesting anniversary: the bicentennial of the birth of Richard Cobden, one of my favorite people from British history. Cobden and his Quaker friend John Bright founded the Anti-Corn-Law League, which fought the protectionist legislation put into place to restrict wheat imports after Napoleon’s …
Today Apple announced a new wireless mobile base station that also will stream music to your stereo. How awesome is this? We’ve been talking about whether to have the electrician string speaker wire and ethernet (he’ll probably do CAT-5 and some ethernet), but between the AirPort Express, Bluetooth-enabled speakers, and laptops, we won’t have to …
Hi all, This is likely to be a crazy week, between work and house. Sporadic posting, probably toward end of week. And if you’ve emailed me and I haven’t responded, I sincerely apologize for being more of a spaz than usual. Things will get back on a more typical track next week. For now, I …
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