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Category Archives: Economics
Flipping to Grilled Cheese
Turns out the guy who created the company that created the Glip camera is going into the the grilled cheese business.
Read all about it. I wish him luck with it. Hopefully it’ll succeed and get to where I live, wherever that may be in a few years.
How Much Do You Tip? | Marketplace
An interesting discussion on tipping from this weekend’s show.
Personally, I apparently got used to tipping for all kinds of useless crap in Vegas. Since moving here I’ve dialed that back a LOT. Thankfully.
You tip for service. If no service is rendered, then to hell with it.
Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Coudal
An interesting look at the folks behind Field Notes. Give it a read.
Gas Prices: Worse Than You Think
Yes, the greedy bastard speculators are driving up the cost of gas (no pun intended), but they aren’t the biggest problem. Not by a long shot.
We’re just simply running out of the stuff.
Can Open-Source Models Decode Urban Agriculture?
I was planning on doing a little gardening this year. Probably nothing massive but this info and the blog associated with it are interesting reading.
Also cool is the open source ecology project, which plans to create blueprints for machines that can sustain civilization. Frankly, that’s just genius and if we weren’t such a market-driven pack of vultures, this would have been around a long time ago.
Tabasco island: Some like it Avery hot | The Economist
A nice overview of McIlhenny Co, the folks who bring us Tabasco sauce.
I knew most of this story from a tour I took there during a server build in Louisiana a few years back but nice to see their operation getting some well-deserved press.
Republicans want ‘In God We Trust’ emblazoned on 9,000 federal buildings, cost could top $100m
When you’re taking rights away from women, minorities, and workers and giving jobs to adulterous senator’s girlfriends and basically screaming about how broke the country is (and neglecting to mention you had a hand in it) there’s only one thing to do: spend $100 million to con folks into thinking God is on your side.
Infographic: Tax Breaks vs. Budget Cuts
Once again: Priorities.
Tsunami Relief And Preparedness Cut In GOP Budget Proposal
Republicans hate…foreign aid, tsunami preparedness, and accurate weather reporting
Part of the GOP’s plan to “cut the budget” AKA pay for rich people’s tax cuts is to kill the National Weather Service, end foreign aid, and defund the Tsunami Warning system.
You know, the systems the protect us from violent storms and flooding threatening the nation, the means to provide aid to our friends in Japan today and New Zealand last month and whoever tomorrow.
Oh, and also to save lives when dangerous tsunamis birthed far away threaten our shores.
But hey! We can make now make sure Wal-Mart NEVER pays a cent in taxes so they can keep on destroying Mom and Pop grocery and hardware stores across America.