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Recently I bought a device (via EBay) that logs temperature and humidity. I intend to use it to monitor my wife’s greenhouse when we get it completed, to make sure it’s ready to support her orchids before we move them in. But in the meantime it’s been riding around in my backpack. Here’s what a [...]

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ACLU Says No Deal on an Unconstitutional FISA Compromise (6/5/2008)
“As news continues to trickle down from Capitol Hill regarding a deal on surveillance legislation, the American Civil Liberties Union once again voiced its fervent opposition to any attempt to undercut the Fourth Amendment or allow the telecommunications companies to gain blanket immunity for illegal spying. [...]

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Wow, it’s been an eventful afternoon. Nothing of lasting impact, but a strange collection of improbable events.
I spent the day at Savvis’ office in Herndon. This is my first time traveling since I fell ill late last year, so it’s a bit of an event for me. But the office, hotel, my meetings, etc, went [...]

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This would seem to explain the reason Bear Stearns was bailed out, and why the survival of these sort of institutions is so critical in our economy these days… It’s sick and twisted, in my opinion. I think I’d rather stick to buying lottery tickets than financial derivatives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_default_swap
“Warren Buffett famously described derivatives bought speculatively as [...]

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