I greatly enjoy the Amelia Peabody books by Elizabeth Peters (the pen name of Egyptologist Barbara Mertz). Starting in the 1890’s, these follow the adventures of the intrepid Amelia and her family solving mysteries while digging in Egypt, through the…
Month: May 2012
Austerity vs Stimulus – or Hoover vs FDR
Great Depression: Herbert Hoover = Austerity = Loser Franklin Roosevelt = Stimulus = Winner http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/30/opinion/keynes-was-right.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/opinion/krugman-death-of-a-fairy-tale.html?ref=paulkrugman
Brilliant idea for text editing on the iPad
Without a mouse, selecting before editing is a horrible experience. This video, reposted on The Unofficial Apple Weblog, presents a great improvement: I should add that editing the link in this post on the iPad has been almost impossible,…