This song appears at the end of Disc 1 of Global Underground's Afterhours Ibiza. It's by a guy named Sebastien Tellier. I really like the instrumentation. It makes me wish I played piano and electric bass.

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I started typing an entirely too long reply to a Livejournaler's post speculating that Bushian cronyism and economic stimulus were designed to put money in the pockets of oil industry benefactors. I decided to make it a post in my own journal instead. The energy industry is fascinating to me. It is the largest and most important industry in ( Read more... )

I've been taking a break, more or less, from WoW. I want to find something more casual to play. I tried and disliked Exteel in its beta. I think I'm going to download it and give it a whirl again now that its been released. Anybody else playing it?

Via Andrew Sullivan.



Commenters on the original site have complained about the music. I like it. I own it somewhere, which means it's either Armin Van Buuren or DJ Tiesto.

Former Federal Reserve Bank chairman, Alan Greenspan's doctoral thesis finally sees the light of day. Barron's has this short and interesting article about its contents.

Looking at Greenspan's Long-Lost Thesis by Jim McTague

I'm in Monterey trying to relax, but doing only a so-so job of it. I arrived yesterday afternoon after a maddening morning at work. I think I'm burning out there. But let's talk about non-work things since it's Saturday ( Read more... )

Here's a fascinating opinion piece form the Daily Mail about what China's (and the rest of Asia's) rapid ascent means for the Anglosphere and the world.


What would those Victorian masters of old have made of the fact that Chinese security men were on the streets of London this week, ordering our own police about and fighting running battles ( Read more... )

I'm considering getting a wireless broadband expresscard for my laptop. Do any of the three companies, ATT, Verizon, or Sprint, allow Skype? T-mobile only offers an old-style PC Card using its pre-G3 network, so that's a non-starter. I'm pretty frustrated finding answers via google. And the online customer service chat person at Verizon had no ( Read more... )

I thought I'd pass along two videos found on my favorite Objectivist blog, Noodlefood. Neither video is about Objectivism nor Ayn Rand.

Swedish Ad for Self-Cleaning Toilet

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Kitty!

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I actually ordered CD's from Amazon ( Read more... )