Updated the archive, all of the Voice articles and Speakleft articles that I wrote while at Conn are now up.
Archive of the Hammer[crossing fingers, hoping I didn't fuck the html up ( Read more... )

So 70,000+ people just died from being sucked out to sea in SE asia. The numbers seem to double every time I look at the paper, it could easily be well over 100,000 confirmed kills in the next day or so. It is inconcievable the magnitude of such loss of life, so I don't even bother. The thought of thousands of bodies just washing up on a beach ( Read more... )

Oil hit $53.40 yesterday ( Read more... )

I realized a little while ago that the version of "Touching Fire.." in the archives is not the same version that got printed last week, the one in the archives is inferior and will be updated at some point ( Read more... )

Archive updated with last months Voice articles, including the 10/01 article "Touching Fire Causes Burns" that won't be printed until Friday! You see it before everyone else does! Woooo!
Touching Fire Causes Burns

According to the NYTimes, gas prices were actually decreasing as cost per barrel of oil increased over the summer, but that gas prices are now increasing again, and are expected to rise 20-25 cents over the next few weeks (up from the current nat'l avg of $1.917/b). Well, whadda ya know, this approximately fits the "model" I predicted in August ( ( Read more... )

Well, oil hit $50.01 p/b today. I guess that's exciting. Supposedly this most recent price hike is due to a combination of Hurricane Ivan striking the gulf of mexico, Nigerian rebels on an all out offensive against the nigerian gov't, and refineries switching over to heating oil production ( Read more... )

We are the Romans my friends, and no amount of might can set this ship right. Despite the borders locking tight our leaders fill us full of fear and fright and encourage us to fight when that merely puts Americans into guerrilla gun sights. The billions of dollars for war parades were promptly paid, but the billions for aid trickle slow and ( Read more... )

So oil is now up to $45.92/barrel, but this doesn't seem to have any impact on prices at the pump. I don't understand why this is the case. At this point it looks entirely possible that oil could hit $50/barrel and consumers won't even notice it. This doesn't make any sense to me ( Read more... )

There are articles in the news saying that Saudi Arabia may have peaked its oil production. If this is the case, then very exciting, transformative things are going to start happening. Because we hunger for energy and will acquire it at any cost, I suppose that this is not going to be a good thing ecologically. If drilling, refining, ( Read more... )