Twhirl. Excellent Twitter client
Twitter is the first social networking tool that I really like and use. Thwirl is the best client for it I’ve found so far.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Day February 28, 2008
Yet another debt market freezes
Variable-rate demand notes are long-term debt where the interest rate fluctuates on a short-term, sometimes weekly basis. Like their cousins before them; subprime, CDOs, SIEs, SIVs, and the rest of the toxic alphabet soup, these notes have just done a…
iTunes replacing Wal-Mart as No. 1 music retailer
Looks like this will happen this year. Music CDs are quickly becoming extinct while iTunes commands a massive share of the legal download market. Key fact: Nearly half of all U.S. teens (48 percent) did not purchase a CD last…
Nader announces Matt Gonzalez as VP
Nader could still run on the Green Party ticket, but I’m guessing he won’t. Tip: Green Lisa
‘Virtual fence’ isn’t
The BushCo plan to build a highly automated “virtual fence” at the US – Mexico border is now years behind schedule because, well, all their ballyhooed technological spying devices don’t work. Software integration issues stymied a timely launch. In the…