Perkee died this morning.

"Few prominent economists will say it, but to me it looks and feels like we are in another Great Depression or a reasonable facsimile."

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/389882_helenonline29.html

Now, the upstream speed has increased to 8 Mbps:


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McCain Transition Chief Aided Saddam In Lobbying Effort (courtesy of the Huffington Post ( Read more... )

Isn't it funny that when John McCain proposed suspending the federal gas tax, he didn't mention that the Highway Trust Fund is already bankruptCome on, people. Our key interstate highways are on the order of 50 years old. Many of the original interstate freeway bridges have exceeded their design life and are literally falling apart. We need to ( Read more... )

Microsoft has launched a $300 million ad campaign for Windows with an apparent new strategy for self-defeat: produce an advertisement so bad that viewers will raise their eyebrows, share the impressively awful ad to their friends, and then switch to MacOS X or Ubuntu Linux ( Read more... )

Here in Everett, Verizon is selling fiber-to-the-premise internet access and Comcast is working hard to compete. Finally sick of the half-megabit Verizon DSL that comes with my condo's HOA dues, I had Comcast install a "standard" cable internet connection here ( Read more... )

$3/bag. One hundred percent identical to the Namaste brand mix which costs at least 100% more, right down to the physical design of the package. And, it's not just gluten-free... it's also nightshade-free.

I've just set up a couple of new phone numbers at home ( Read more... )

No, seriously. On the Alaska Highway. A black bear. With a mohawk. A bleached mohawk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2_nIqUChjI