Author Archives: anewc2

Mountain Lion Workflow

Posted on 2012 September 3 by anewc2

This is the first post in what I expect to be a series documenting my decision to stop buying Macs after 27 years, and my experiences with Linux instead. Continue reading →

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Time, and Moore’s Law, march on

Posted on 2012 April 19 by anewc2

I remember when 1 TB was considered the same order of magnitude as the sum total of human knowledge. A few decades later, you can buy it for a hundred bucks.

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Psychedelic Actor’s Blues

Posted on 2012 April 17 by anewc2

Purple haze, it’s in my cream. Lately things … Seem off the beam. I’m feeling different and I don’t know why … Scuse me, while I moisturize. Continue reading →

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You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows

Posted on 2012 April 10 by anewc2

But it would be handy to have this Wind Map.

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Nook: the first 20,000 minutes

Posted on 2012 April 2 by anewc2

A couple of weeks ago I bought a Nook. Primarily because I was looking for a copy of David Graeber’s “Debt” and Barnes and Noble didn’t have it. And then I remembered being on a plane with my big thick … Continue reading →

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CBOE – Micro Site

Posted on 2011 November 6 by anewc2

CBOE – Micro Site. Home of the CBOE S&P 500 Implied Correlation Index with a manually downloadable file of historical data to 2007. More information at investingwithoptions.com.

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Slowpoke Traders Look to Gain Ground on Speedsters – WSJ.com

Posted on 2011 November 6 by anewc2

Slowpoke Traders Look to Gain Ground on Speedsters – WSJ.com.

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Time Warner Fail

Posted on 2011 November 4 by anewc2

What is so complicated about showing me my friggin’ bill?

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Conversation with my Senator

Posted on 2011 November 3 by anewc2

Please clarify: will you vote to deprive people of their property without due process of law, if that provision is still in the bill when it comes to a vote? Or not? Continue reading →

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Yield curve

Posted on 2011 October 25 by anewc2

An interesting article talks about the yield curve as a predictor of recessions. For various reasons (Wikipedia seems thorough on the subject) long term interest rates are usually higher than short term ones, except near the onset of recessions. The NY … Continue reading →

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