Monthly Archive: October 2011

Big Bad Amazon

NY Times today ran an article on Amazon and the frightening prospect of Amazon not only selling ebooks, but actually making deals direct with authors.  The nerve!  And not even talking to the publishing...

Self Portrait in Ichthyosaur

Actually I would prefer oil, maybe in a pastoral setting, but if you are a prehistoric Kraken, its pretty good. Paleontologist Mark McMenamin of Mount Holyoke College came to the conclusion that the shonisaur...

The Automatic Earth

Tribute to one of my favorite Financial Activist site – The Automatic Earth. Sometime a little radical and extreme, but often right on the mark and an important contribution to the conversation.