Calling All Rubes

While Josh has kept himself busy posting up and down on the site I have had a more leisurely past few days, relaxing and enjoying the break from everything afforded by Thanksgiving. But now I am back and ready to get posting again.
First up today we have a little something for all of you creative [...]

When Wall Street hurts the poor, it hurts itself

In the recent years leading up the subprime crisis it seemed as if the fortunes of the rich and poor had taken divergent paths. In hindsight, the fates of the rich and poor were inexorably linked.

It’s Just Like Emailing With Strangers

Ok, I came across this site and thought it was kind of neat*
Postcrossing is a project set up by some one who clearly likes to collect postcards from exotic locations without the hassle of actually traveling to them. Over 500,000 postcards have been sent so far, basically once you register you get a random address [...]

Just plain neat!

So, I am not sure if this is going to work, but I found this video (which I am attempting to embed here) of a chain reaction of events, just kind of neat, click on it to get it to play. It reminds me of is a 4 minute clip from “The Way Things [...]