Monthly Archives: September 2010
The True Cost of Credit
Americans spend $50 Billion on Credit Card Processing Fees every year! When you use your credit card… How much does it cost the merchant to process the transaction?
Filed under Pottersville
Guest Post: 10% Savings Rate + Consumer Spending At 65% Of GDP = Retail Disaster | zero hedge
The country has been on a 30 year drunken binge of debauchery, debt accumulation and delusions of never ending 10% annual home price gains funding a glorious 30 years of retirement on an island in the Caribbean. These visions of … Continue reading
Filed under Collapse, Pottersville, Quoted, Reference
World According to Gold: Here Comes Tokyo Rose — Midas Letter
2. The first casualty of the collapse of the economic system will be civil order. Crimes against property will skyrocket roughly proportionate to the rate of currency devaluation as families find themselves cornered by lack of goods on the shelves … Continue reading
Filed under Collapse, Pottersville, Quoted, Reference
The Never Give A Sucker An Even Break Economy
Oh. My. God. A Broke FDIC Expands Checking Account Insurance From $250,000 To Infinity A few days ago, the FDIC, broke as ever, with a Deposit Insurance Fund that was well south of zero at last check, announced, with delightful … Continue reading
Filed under Collapse, Pottersville
Sneak Peek: Kobo Reader WiFi Lilac
Another tweet I had to screensnap: Ashleigh works at Kobo, so she gets the cool toys ahead of us mortals. See it after the break.
Filed under Kobo Reader
Sony Reader Hits New Low: US$75.00
Something is interfering with my usual way of embedding tweets, so I had to screensnap this one: Click = big Let me put my damn with faint praise recommendation this way: If you’ve wanted an eInk device just so you … Continue reading
Filed under Sony Reader
Investment Hierarchies
I’m trying to sort out The Money Endgame. To do this, we need a comprehensive chart of the things money can run into for alleged safety. What I’ve got here is just the barest skeleton, and I invite people to … Continue reading
Filed under Collapse
What We Are Waiting For As Of 9/30/10
Not in any order: 1) Blio Reader (supposed to be arriving 9/28) 2) Google Editions 3) Barnes & Noble PubIt @mikecane just rec’d email from BN that PubIt! is open for business.Thu Sep 30 18:43:03 via Tweetie for MacJane Ljane_l … Continue reading
Filed under eBooks: General
The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted (Unless It Is) : All Tech Considered : NPR
People, not technologies, are enemies of the status quo. Though enabling those people to communicate more effectively is probably not going to win a lot of fans among repressive regime stakeholders. via The Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted (Unless It … Continue reading
From down the hill : Kindle 3 Keyboard Shortcuts et al
All these shortcuts and notes have been tested on my Kindle 3 3G + wi-fi. If you find these tips useful, feel free to copy & paste this post into your own blog/web site/forum – but please include a link … Continue reading
Filed under Amazon Kindle, Reference
