Month September 2006

Green Arnold?

From reader Anne Garrison in the comments to our previous post. Governor Schwarzenegger looked at the polls that said two-thirds of California wanted that legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, passed and knew he had to sign or lose the…

Woot! I’ve installed Ubuntu

Couldn’t wait for the Ubuntu laptop to get here, so I installed Ubuntu to dual-boot with XP Home on a Pentium 3. (Yes, a P3, try THAT with Vista!) After reading the helpful online forums and asking questions, I took…

Pack of vultures

That would be the hedge funds, who making huge profits gouging the unwary with option Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARM). Business Week details the slippery accounting practices, greedy hedge funds, unscrupulous mortgage brokers and banks – as well as how some…