Author: Mark Draughn
ECONOMICS DEPT.
Thinking About the Stimulus: Spending
In the two previous posts in my amateur exploration of the stimulus (GDP, and then Recession), I explained what a recession is and what many economists think causes one. Now I’m going to try to explain my understanding of what a solution has to do, and why some people think a stimulus package is a… Read more
OBAMA DERANGEMENT SYNDROME DEPT.
Obama Derangement Syndrome – Part 5
I started to write something about this nonsense, but Rogier van Bakel did a better job of it than I would have. Read more
SCATTERSHOT DEPT.
Shooting, Scanning, Geeking, Modeling
Too busy to write much, but here are a few random shots around the web: Radley Balko has a way with headlines. The whole post is worth reading. When you go through the TSA checkpoints at some airports, body image scanners can now check you for weapons…and see you naked through your clothes. If we… Read more
TECHNOLOGY DEPT.
Apple’s Knowledge Navigator – 1987
I first saw this technology concept video about 20 years ago at a presentation at the National Center for Supercomputer Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Part of NCSA’s mission was to explore personal computing applications that required supercomputer-level processing at the time, but which would make sense in the future when everyone… Read more
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT DEPT.
Manufacturing Guilt in Louisiana
The amazing Radley Balko has just posted a story he uncovered about a couple of forensic experts working on a case for the state of Lousiana who apparently mutiliated a child’s corpse in order to frame a man for murder. Really. There’s video. The images are disturbing. Read more