April 30, 2007

Me on CNBC: Earnings Guidance, Solar Power, etc.

I was on CNBC late today for a bit of Sudafed-fueled sparring with my friend Herb Greenberg. Video is here.Note: I have mentioned to the CNBC folks that many of you seem to have trouble with these videos. I'm hopeful...

Bubble Contest: Win a Book

The first commenter here to correctly guess (within 2,000) the number of telegraph miles in the U.S. in 1852 wins a snail-mail copy of Dan Gross's soon-to-be published book Pop! Why Bubbles are Great for the Economy. A hint: There...

Geekdad Pointer

Now and then I will be contributing to Wired's Geekdad site, and you can see one post over there today....

Skills and Non-Exponential Tails

Nice and sobering comment from Emanuel Derman this morning:When you forget skills or knowledge you once used but then neglected, I've noticed that they don't fade away gradually. Some of the physics or math I used to use and know...