November 2008
74 posts
“But perhaps the nomination which best demonstrated just how inept this...”
– Rustbelt Intellectual
Nov 29th
Watched The Big Lebowsky one more time. That movie never gets old.
Nov 29th
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Nov 27th
Nov 26th
John Maynard Keynes: The Great Slump of 1930 →
(via delong) Noted.
Nov 26th
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Glasgow kiss, Aalborg style →
Nov 25th
Nov 24th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-23) →
Saint Etienne  Cibelle  Feist  Dan Turèll - Halfdan E.  Phil Collins  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 23rd
Jacob is frustrated (no, not iTunes this time.... →
Nov 23rd
Jacob is officially less than impressed with... →
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Nov 20th
“I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by...”
– Stanley Kubrick (via zehnuhr)
Nov 20th
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I signed up for a paperless account with my bank. As a result I’ve received a busload of papers in my mailbox.
Nov 20th
Jacob - icy, gale force winds? Is this Odense or... →
Nov 20th
Jacob is considering parking facilities in... →
Nov 19th
Jacob hates the common cold. To put it mildly. →
Nov 19th
Jacob wonders if he knows anything about parking... →
Nov 18th
Jacob ... did I hear the word "snow" in the... →
Nov 18th
Jacob has a headache and is coughing and sneezing.... →
Nov 18th
Nov 17th
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Jacob can haz wireless internet at home. →
Nov 17th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-16) →
The Arcade Fire  Bob Dylan  Pet Shop Boys  Dr  Sam Roberts of The New York Times  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 16th
Jacob tries to predict if there will be an EMU... →
Nov 16th
Jacob finally managed to save 1 sq ft of... →
Nov 15th
Jacob is slowly but systematically working his way... →
Nov 14th
mountchuck: PNC screwed up my debit card, again. Linked it to my dad’s acct. Looks like another week with no debit card. Switching to BoA soon. Your dad has no money, then? :-P
Nov 14th
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Nov 14th
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Jacob will have a swimming-pool outside his office... →
Nov 12th
Just a technical note: I’ve discontinued the import of my delicious-feed (look here or here if you want to stay updated), but entered my Facebook status-updates. Enjoy.
Nov 12th
Creative Class » Blog Archive » Higher Ed: Next... →
Nov 12th
John Sides/The Monkey Cage: Book Review: Eurostars... →
Adrian Favell’s Eurostars and Eurocities investigates migration within Europe, focusing on West Europeans who have left their countries of origin to live elsewhere in Europe. This kind of migration…
Nov 12th
Jon Danielsson - How bad could the crisis get?... →
Iceland’s banking system is ruined. GDP is down 65% in euro terms. Many companies face bankruptcy; others think of moving abroad. A third of the population is considering emigration. The British…
Nov 12th
Nov 11th
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Six Real Gadgets Minority Report Predicted... →
zehnuhr: The future-predicting technology that drives the premise of the sci-fi blockbuster Minority Report is silly at best. And when the film hit theaters in 2002, the gadgets seemed pretty unrealistic, too. But eerily enough the slew of dreamed-up gizmos showed off throughout John Anderton’s daring escape are hardening into reality. (via wired) “Fake holograms! Wait, that’s kind...
Nov 11th
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Aftalerne om finansloven for 2009 →
Nov 11th
What the G20 should do on November 15th to fix the... →
# In the financial sector, leaders should act quickly, strengthening and coordinating the emergency measures to staunch the bleeding; in the real sector, they should use fiscal stimulus to get the…
Nov 11th
College Too Pricey? Don't Blame Faculty Pay -... →
Professors’ salaries are a big part of budgets but are not the big driver of tuition increases
Nov 11th
Per Øhrgaard - Forskningspolitisk arkiv: Hvordan... →
Nov 11th
Folketingets Ombudsmand - Kritik af myndighederne... →
Nov 11th
Forskningspolitisk arkiv: Direktør for Dansk... →
Nov 11th
Nov 11th
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mountchuck: Waiting on a 137MB online training to upload to the server. Should be done around February. February 2010 or February 2011?
Nov 10th
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Worst Recession since WWII →
delong: That is Goldman-Sachs’s New Forecast. Rex Nutting: Goldman forecasting biggest rise in joblessness since WWII: WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The unemployment rate is expected to rise to 8.5% by… To which all I can say is … gurk!
Nov 10th
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MArk Lila: The Perils of 'Populist Chic' - WSJ.com →
John McCain’s choice was not a fluke, or a senior moment, or an act of desperation. It was the result of a long campaign by influential conservative intellectuals to find a young, populist leader to…
Nov 10th
Elektrificering af banenettet DKT NOV2008 →
Nov 10th
Amity Shlaes: A Public Service Reminder — Crooked... →
…people are losing track of the main point that needs to be hammered home: that Amity Shlaes is an unscrupulous hack
Nov 10th
Nov 10th
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Jacob Mchangama - Retsstaten » Blogarkiv » Tålt... →
Nov 10th