December 26, 2011
Family Tree
About the building of a family tree web-app
December 20, 2011
Tsunami in the Sky
Unbelievable clouds over Alabama
December 17, 2011
Rick Santorum Accuses Obama of Appeasing Thugs, Hooligans and Radical Islamists
Rick Santorum's speech from the Republican Jewish Coalition, 2012 Presidential Candidates Forum
December 12, 2011
php: Initializing Variables
Until now there was no simple way of initializing a large number of variables in php.
December 11, 2011
Update: The Ultimate PHP Error Reporter
A minor revision to make it backward compatible with php 5.3.0.
December 11, 2011
The Myth: Volatility is Risk
The notion that volatility is risk in investment portfolios is an unfortunate unforeseen consequence of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT).
November 28, 2011
Cream of Potato Soup
A new addition to my caveman diet.
October 10, 2011
Steve Jobs and Creativity
How to view Steve Jobs' vision and success.
September 17, 2011
What Is FIAT Money?
A simplified view of money for the dummies who pay the taxes.
September 6, 2011
The 'Gorilla' Case for MAKO Surgical (MAKO)
A recap of extensive discussions on The Motley Fool boards.
August 31, 2011
I, Pencil
Leonard E. Read's most famous essay first published in the December 1958.
August 21, 2011
A LULU of a Bubble
How to evaluate retailing fads and bubbles.
August 20, 2011
Good Cookie, Bad Cookie!
Browser or Internet cookies are a blessing and a pain.
August 19, 2011
ARM Holdings (ARMH)
Revisiting ARM Holdings (ARMH) as an investment.
August 18, 2011
Urban Outfitters (URBN)
Revisiting Urban Outfitters (URBN) as an investment.
August 16, 2011
The Market as a Fitness Landscape
How to describe something as complex as the stock market?
August 13, 2011
If robots had souls...
There must be more to life than watching a computer monitor for eight hours a day.
August 13, 2011
Book review: Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy
An economics professor should know that you cannot base policy on anecdotal evidence.
July 31, 2011
Amazon Book Reviews
It might not have the same feel as browsing a book in a quiet well lighted place but Amazon's book reviews are very helpful in selecting books to read.
July 30, 2011
The Debt Ceiling and The Lame Duck
A foreign observer's commentary on US politics.
July 27, 2011
The Blind Man on the Subway
Experiencing life on the subway.
July 26, 2011
Web Form Script Architecture
How to write a well designed and well organized web form script.
July 26, 2011
The Principle of Mutual Exclusivity
Malcolm Gladwell's The Tipping Point brings back memories.
July 24, 2011
The Dialog About Jobs Has Become Deranged.
Left wing politics have converted jobs into another "human right" and right wing analysts have fallen into the trap by saying that jobs are needed for a recovery.
July 5, 2011
Denny's SEO Anthology
Links to my SEO essays over the years.
July 3, 2011
Shortmail.com, An Opportunity Missed
What Shortmail says about email is right but their solution is wrong.
June 16, 2011
Happy 100 Birthday IBM!
I consider IBM my Alma Matter.
June 13, 2011
Venezuela 2011
High inflation, rampant crime, dysfunctional economy, political repression, and more.
June 6, 2011
The Ultimate PHP Error Reporter
Keeping track of the health of websites is more critical than ever.
May 22, 2011
Book review: Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy
Political religion dressed up as economic science
March 24, 2011
Book review: Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home: And Other Unexplained Powers of Animals
Animal stories and science fantasy
February 28, 2011
Advice for New Investors
A new investor asked: 'How do you separate emotion from your skill sets?'
February 20, 2011
Why Does the Average Mutual Fund Underperform?
The Pareto Distribution or 80-20 rule is generally ignored by investors yet it holds the key to the under-performance of many portfolios
February 7, 2011
Seven Vegetable Chicken Soup
Variations on chicken soup