Archive for March, 2009

Because I Have Nothing Interesting To Say Today…

… I’ll let someone who does go for it.
I almost shot Cherry Dr Pepper out my nose when I saw this.
- From the always brilliant xkcd.com

Quite A Blow To The Ego

The worst part is that the top 3 hits on Google for “sean lavelle sucks” are a post on this blog, this blog’s front page and then my resume.  Having a low self esteem moment…

You Don’t Need To Know : IP Treaty a “National Security” Secret

Last week, the Obama Administration rejected a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request for a proposed Intellectual Property (IP) treaty that is looking to be ratified by 27 countries. “Why should I care?”, you might ask.
If ratified, leaked documents posted on WikiLeaks and other comments suggest the proposed trade accord would criminalize peer-to-peer file sharing, [...]

Thoughts On A Blue Pantsless Man

Last weekend Jess and I went to see Watchmen. This is not a review of the movie. In brief, I liked it. Not a masterpiece like the graphic novel, but a good movie. Read the book, then see the movie and all will be good. What kind of caught me is in all the reviews, [...]

Wall Street on the Tundra – Explaining Iceland’s Financial Meltdown

Vanity Fair has a great article on Iceland’s current economic troubles. It’s long, but very informative and entertaining. To put our financial crisis in perspective, Iceland’s debt is 850% of it’s GDP and the stock market fell 85%. Although it has nothing to do with the financial crisis, this was by far my favorite line:
Because [...]

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