Doug's musings

Musings

[2008-10-15] What's in your junk mail? ::

It occurred to me yesterday that the stream of credit solicitations in the mail has ended. No more offers for home equity lines, credit cards, debt consolidation. The only exception in the last month or two has been the couple of banks from whom I do have credit cards: they try to get me to use cash advance checks. ...

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[2008-09-23] Where did the money go? ::

Yesterday I wondered: if the banks are all broke and need to be bailed out, who’s got the money? Actually, I think the answer is that the money was an illusion which has evaporated. I came across AIG’s Dangerous Collapse & A Credit Derivatives Risk Primer [via]: ...

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[2008-09-10] More of the Same ::

It would appear that the iTunes 8 “Genius” doesn’t actually listen to music and is simply good at knowing “people who like X tend to also like Y”, based on iTunes Store purchasing patterns. ...

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