I recently read The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. In a nutshell, it’s about how improbably events (“black swans”) can be completely unexpected by people who think that events follow typical probabilities, and the mess that results. I enjoyed it, although Taleb won’t be winning award for humility anytime soon.
Month: March 2010
Future reform
While some media conservatives were ranting about the end of American civilization after the health care vote last weekend, there were a few thinking ones who were addressing what the Obama health reforms meant for the country and for people going into the future. True, if you blinked you would have missed the intelligent commentary,… Continue reading Future reform
The battle is won, now the fight moves on…
I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to some pretty strong emotions when I watched those 216 votes come in last night on C-SPAN. As somebody who, perhaps foolishly, believes that the point of politics isn’t to merely score more points than the other people, but to enact real programs that lead to a better… Continue reading The battle is won, now the fight moves on…
Liar’s Poker
I recently read the book “Liar’s Poker” by Michael Lewis, about Wall Street in the 1980s. I’m not sure what prompted me to pick it up from the library: I’d heard of it several times before, and maybe the current financial mess made it apparent that revisiting some of the excess that got the ball… Continue reading Liar’s Poker
Moving from Ghost to Clonezilla
Update: In addition to this post, check out my guide on customizing custom-ocs. In a previous post, I talked about using disk imaging software for setting up Windows in a corporate environment. For years, I’ve used Symantec Ghost, specifically Ghost 8. I’d previously manually run Ghost from a network drive, booting from a custom floppy… Continue reading Moving from Ghost to Clonezilla
SD59 Convention Pictures
I’ve uploaded pictures from the DFL SD59 convention last Saturday here. Plenty of samples below the jump…