Reminder: Get Out Of Demand Notes

Reminder: Get Out Of Demand Notes

Update : I have attracted some hostile comments. To clarify my position: No one who has a low tolerance for risk should be in GMAC Demand N...
A Prophecy Sadly Comes True

A Prophecy Sadly Comes True

Back in the earlier days of this blog, circa 2005 (when I would get more real comments than spam), I posted that I thought GM should kill Po...
Cutting Back

Cutting Back

I am, thank God, employed.   However, I don't have high confidence that I will be employed at the end of the calendar year. Considering ...
Jerusalem Pizza #1

Jerusalem Pizza #1

Jerusalem Pizza, a famous local kosher pizza joint, is doing a very cool thing. They are auctioning off the rights to pie #1, post-Passover...
The Galileoscope

The Galileoscope

A team of astronomers went to work to come up with a low cost telescope kit, that kids could put together to learn about how telescopes work...
Fiat's Multiair System

Fiat's Multiair System

Fiat has developed an interesting engine system for improving fuel economy. called Multiair. This is another type of variable valve timing...
SF Mayor: Closet Engineer

SF Mayor: Closet Engineer

San Francisco's mayor Gavin Newsom is, apparently, a secret engineer. He thinks designing cars that get big fuel efficiency numbers at ...
Medtipster: Finding Cheap Drugs

Medtipster: Finding Cheap Drugs

A guy I know (a friend of a friend kind of thing) works for a company that has recently launched a prescription drug search engine. Called ...