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EAFE Index
The Europe, Australasia and Far East Index is a very old multi-national index (it has been calculated since 1969). It is designed to reflect the performance of 'foreign' stocks from the point of view of an American investor. The nice thing about it is that by combining it with a US only index such as the S&P500 or the Russell Index you can get a ( Read more... ) -
Second Life Economics
When I did this search for pages containing the phrase second-life, and the words bank and linden
I received over 200,000 hits. Searching the classifieds listings turns up hundreds of advertisements for banks. Interest rates are pretty generous - you can easily get 1.1% a week. Inflation is under control though because SL has it's own ever-vigilant ( Read more... ) -
Journalism
I have always suspected that the key to happiness is self-knowledge. I am hopelessly gauche, awkward with people, interested in things and emotionally illiterate. These days people these kind of characteristics are much better understood, but in mine there was no labelling. Maybe thinks haven't only got better.
As a callow youth I wanted to be a ( Read more... ) -
CMS systems
The web is a source of great interest to me. The web is the most important vector of content since the invention of the printing press. It is a truly liberating medium because it is accessible to everyone at no cost ( Read more... ) -
The Three Horseshoes at Madingley
This is an excellent gastro-pub. We went there on 13th May, but for reasons of continuity I am posting this entry in the past.
The menu is rather ambitious. There is a multi-choice, fixed price menu which is like a pools entry. You have to perm any one from 1-4 with any one from 5-7 etc.etc. The food is basically Italian with some token traditional ( Read more... ) -
The Joy of Non-Car Travel
Childhood is a time of intense experiences. As a child, I travelled by foot, bike and bus. Buses were the most magical forms of transport. Especially travelling at night, with dim yellow lighting, often getting as close to the cab as possible, where the single radiator would radiate some modest heat into the front of the bottom deck ( Read more... ) -
Google AdWords
I've been struggling with Google Adwords for a long time now. My first campaign was started back in 2002, which is surely before even Google got started. But anyway, it was a long time ago ( Read more... ) -
Local Pubs and Restaurants
We are always on the lookout for enjoyable places to eat ( Read more... ) -
Key Worker Wages
This article from the FT explains how large employers such as Tesco manage perfectly well to recruit and retain employees the length and breadth of the country. I always imagined that individual managers had the scope to negotiate individual wage settlements with each employee. In fact this is found to be impractical, and instead each store (or ( Read more... ) -
Butt family name.
My paternal grandfather was called Butt. Stating this fact probably opens me up to having my bank account drained by a hacker and my identity stolen. Ho Hum.
Anyway, I got to wondering about the name Butt. I noticed that Salman Butt, of the Pakistani cricket team shared a name with my mother, which is pretty odd since she there are no obvious ( Read more... )