Archive for May, 2008
- How’s your bank? |
Posted by e4 on May 30 2008
I keep seeing economists and politicians saying that the worst is past, the economy is stabilized, and best of all, we're not even in a recession! Then I run across something like this comment from the FDIC: Sheila Bair, chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, said it was likely loan-loss provisions ...
- Larry’s Next Generation Solar Water Heater |
Posted by e4 on May 27 2008
Photo courtesy of Larry Halpern How Larry preheats his water before boiling it on his rocket stove... Photo courtesy of rocketstoves.org --
- Reading Without Light |
Posted by e4 on May 26 2008
[ This is a guest post from Chile at Chile Chews. She reviews the book Last Light by Alex Scarrow mentioned here previously. ] -- It is impossible to tell you much at all about this book without spoilers. If you don't wish to learn the whole story, stop reading now. Go ...
- Off the Map |
Posted by e4 on May 25 2008
During a recent online discussion, I thought of an analogy that seems to fit our current situation. This is based on something that actually happened to me... Once on a canoe trip in northern Minnesota, my group got lost among those ten thousand lakes. We kept looking at the map and ...
- Investing in a future |
Posted by e4 on May 21 2008
I'm finally getting to the point where I can write some things that have been floating around in my head for a while. It's been a busy couple of months, first with a new baby, then with a new Jersey cow. But hopefully now I can get back into a ...