“I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organizations, specifically banks and others, were such as that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms.”
Alan Greenspan, Former Chief of the Federal Reserve
In my GoogleReader feeds, I have a number of economic commentators. They’ve been a good read to understanding what this financial turmoil is all about. Yet, all their posts have been depressing for quite sometime, so I usually skip over them and mark them read. I have no time to get depressed when I am already depressed.
Still, today’s link caught my eye earlier this week. It’s Barry Ritholtz explaining who to blame for this mess. Not really, but he does explain some of the key causes that enabled the problem to fester.
http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/10/why-lending-sta.html
Please pay first
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Closing in on $60.00!
At the turn of the century, Napster was the place to get your mp3s. Then Apple invented the iTunes Music Store. Sayanora, Napster!
It’s back though, and trying to wrestle the mp3 download business from Apple. Good luck, Napster!
"I propose that the federal government suspend all taxes on gasoline now
paid by the American people — from Memorial Day to Labor Day of this
year. The effect will be an immediate economic stimulus…"Republican presidential candidate John McCain
Because Initech is filled with lame people who barely see a movie a year, I have never in my life participated in the office Oscar® pool. Therefore, I am conducting one here!
Yes, now you have a chance to make your predictions for this year’s Oscar® in the comfort of your pajamas. You don’t need to shlep to work to do it. So start looking over the prediction punditry. Visit your favorite film blog for insight. Start flipping a coin. You may win the 1st Annual BrowserMetrics Oscar Pool!
But here are the rules:
I’ll try my best to tabulate the score soon after Sunday.
The winner will receive a DVD of any one of the nominated films now or when they get released.
Good luck and have fun!
The Moby Quotient is awesome. Plug in a band, their song for a commercial, and see how much of a sellout they are. Fun times, but I couldn’t think of much.
Amazon has released their online music store. MP3s for $0.89. Whole albums for as low as $5.00.
Apple should be worried.
No pernicious DRM to keep you from moving the files to and from wherever. Works with the iPod. And cheaper too.
They even have a download manager that’ll copy it to iTunes for you.
Competition has just arrived.
