Hear Ye!

12
Sep 08
Fri

Photoshop help required (0)
This is hilarious. (Quicklink) • 2:07pm •

A Bailout for Lehman? Not Likely (0)
"The apparent reluctance of either the Treasury or the Fed to go the distance and insure that a deal gets done is why some on Wall Street are beginning to whisper the unthinkable: that Lehman may file for bankruptcy. A filing, of course, could be a real mess for Wall Street, given the tens of billions in short-term loans other banks have extended to Lehman, which are backed by collateral." If that happens, it will take forever and a day for the creditors and the lawyers to sort out that mess. We'll see if some deal emerges over the weekend... (Quicklink) • 2:07pm •

Who Gets Real Power in Zimbabwe Deal Still Unclear (0)
Sounds dodgy... as usual. But then again I'm surprised Mugabe agreed to anything at all. The economy must be really bad now... (Quicklink) • 2:07pm •

Malaysian opposition lawmaker, 2 journalists held (0)
The Malaysian Government has arrested some people under the infamous ISA... troubling but unfortunately not altogether surprising. (Quicklink) • 2:07pm •

11
Sep 08
Thu

Weekly train tickets to go the way of the Tcard (1)
I'll believe it when I see it. (Quicklink) • 12:23am •

Lehman looks into the abyss (0)
A Michael Lewis article. (Quicklink) • 12:23am •

9
Sep 08
Tue

The Economist writes about the Gideons (0)
The Gideons turns 100 in November, having distributed over 1.4 billion Bibles during that time. (Quicklink) • 11:05am •

Long-Term Capital – It’s a Short-Term Memory (0)
NY Times article (Quicklink) • 11:05am •

8
Sep 08
Mon

In-n-out

A late night snack after a night of drinking (of course, that meant
that I was the DD as usual). In-n-out has a “secret menu” so the
double-double burger animal style was the go. However, my attempts to
order an “Arnold Palmer” were met with ridicule. Don’t believe
everything you read on the net.

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7
Sep 08
Sun

US takes over mortgage giants (0)
(Quicklink) • 11:55pm •

A Sigh of Relief, but Hard Questions Remain (0)
(Quicklink) • 11:55pm •

2
Sep 08
Tue

Footnotes, Endnotes, and Parentheticals That Cost Me Marks on My Thesis (0)
(Quicklink) • 11:29pm •

Why Google Chrome is better (0)
But it still has quite a few rough edges (Javascript issues, can't save window state for multiple windows, etc). And it really lacks the customizability of Firefox (what if I don't want their new tab homepage to open when I open a new tab?). (Quicklink) • 11:29pm •

Panoramas and other pictures from Yosemite

As is now usual, more photos in Facebook (album 1, album 2). Warning: the panoramas are large files.

Glacier Point (lower terrace)

Glacier Point (upper terrace)

Vista across the Valley

The Grizzly Giant

Tunnel View

Treeline

(Almost) Touching the California Tree

Half Dome

The top of El Capitan

1:09am (GMT -7.00) • Travel • Tweet This • Comments (1) •

30
Aug 08
Sat

Tunnel View at Yosemite

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29
Aug 08
Fri

The monetary density of things (0)
(Quicklink) • 9:52pm •

28
Aug 08
Thu

Half time at Stanford vs Oregon State

Having a bit of trouble understanding what’s going on in the game…

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25
Aug 08
Mon

A corker too dear to drink (0)
"When Melbourne doctor John Hart arrives at the Penfolds Grange clinic at the Langham Hotel in Southbank, he knows his precious bottle of 1960 Grange may well fail its physical. Unopened, the bottle could fetch up to $1300 at auction. But opening it - even if only to check on its wellbeing before recorking it under the supervision of Penfolds rebottlers - risks revealing that the wine has passed its peak and become worthless." (Quicklink) • 12:42am •

Google’s food perks on the chopping block (0)
*gasp* (Quicklink) • 12:42am •

24
Aug 08
Sun

A couple panoramas

Got sick of studying this afternoon so I dropped by the driving range today, hit a few balls then went for a bike ride around The Dish (view route map) and snapped a couple of panoramas. It’s really nice having a recreational track just down the road… but apparently you have to watch out for the mountain lions.

Manual geotag

Sage advice

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