Archive for January, 2008
Cooking Kale
Summary of the US Economy from the CIA
I have been looking at some details of various countries on the CIA website during the last few weeks. It’s a great website, it talks about history, economy, government, people, geography, etc. I decided to read through the CIA’s description of the US Economy. I’d like to highlight a few things of note on the [...]
Asking Questions
How we categorize things on the computer
There are lots of moments when I want to surf the web. I want to read something new, interesting, and I don’t wanna go to Google News all the time. Lately, I’ve been going to my DEL.ICIO.US account, and clicking on other users who have the same saved link as me. (You can see my [...]
Tea. Tea. Tea.
I’ve been meaning to get a post up about tea for a while now. Tea is something that I am very passionate about, I think it is a great habit to drink tea regularly. I’ve got a lot of tea links posted on my delicious page, and would like to mention a couple of my [...]
China and Product Development
As you may know I work for a company called Screaming Circuits. We are a quick turn PCB Assembly shop that does a lot of pretty cool stuff for a manufacturing company. For example, we have been able to grow at strong levels for the last 5 years when manufacturing in the USA has been [...]
Resolutions for more Resolution
It’s that time of year, just after new years, when many of us are whole-heartedly living out some new years resolutions. This year, I am resolving to get in better shape (drink and eat less), read more and to be more productive. Here are the 5 most popular resolutions people make, compliments of 43 Things, [...]
Major GDP Adjustments
Recently the World Bank made some pretty major adjustments to the GDP of both China, India and a few others. China and India both had GDP reductions of 40% from previous estimates, which is huge. China went from an almost $9 trillion dollar GDP, to a $5.8 trillion dollar GDP. The Economist wrote a brief [...]
