] Paul Dillenberger, Bill Heinemann, and Don Rawitsch
] may not be on any legal tender, but that
] doesn't mean they're not just as important as some of our
] presidents. While student teaching in Minnesota, these three
] men created the edutainment classic The Oregon Trail.

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In my old age I've found myself increasingly fond of loungy music like that on somafm. I heard Nouvelle Vague's cover of "A forest" by the Cure this morning. I recommend it. Its linked here. Its not electronic.

Nouvelle Vague music

] "...there's always a chance that this month's forecasts will
] be off again. The long term, as always, is the smartest
] focus."
]
] Yes, let's think about the long term. About the
] structural imbalances, the Federal Deficit, the massive
] debt build up, the current account deficit. The fact that
] 50% of U.S. Treasuries are now in the hands of foreign
] holders. The increasingly expensive (and over-stretched)
] military. The reluctance of Corporate America to
] aggressively hire or make CapEx investments.

Ritholtz rips Rosen a new one...

The Big Picture: Economic Cheerleaders

] Cliche Hell- Star Wars As if you can't get enough
] already... (64 entries)

This is fun...

Worth1000.com | Photoshop Contests | Star Wars

] America's entertainment industry is committing slow,
] spectacular suicide, while one of Europe's biggest
] broadcasters -- the BBC -- is rushing headlong to the
] future, embracing innovation rather than fighting it.

Its not your ABC. Its not your NBC. Its not your CBS.

Wired News: The Beeb Shall Inherit the Earth

] Beset by U.S. attempts to isolate his country and facing
] popular expectations of change, Syrian President Bashar
] Assad will move to begin legalizing political parties,
] purge the ruling Baath Party, sponsor free municipal
] elections in 2007 and formally endorse a market economy,
] according to officials, diplomats and analysts.

Syria Heralds Reforms, But Many Have Doubts

] Mashing up Google maps and Gasbuddy = locations of cheap
] gas in your area on a Google map (map or satellite view).
] Just choose a city- then the data on the right side is
] updated cheapest gas prices. If you have mobile high
] speed access you could add a GPS and have this running
] while you drive. In the future, maybe our cars will do
] this for us.

This is pretty useful, although there is nothing where I live. :)

Find Cheap Gas with Google Maps

The Muslim world's silence about the real desecration of Iraqis, coupled with its outrage over the alleged desecration of a Koran, highlights what we are up against in trying to stabilize Iraq -- as well as the only workable strategy going forward.

Get your Tom Friedman while it lasts.

Outrage and Silence

noteworthy wrote:
] "We're happy to see The New York Times acknowledging the
] importance of subscription-based revenue that we have
] long seen as a key element," said Todd Larsen of the Wall
] Street Journal.
]
] Will you subscribe? Or will you say goodbye to Tom Friedman?

Goodbye Tom Friedman. Your insights were useful while they lasted. In 6 months no one will be talking about the New York Times.

RE: NYTimes.com to Offer Subscription Service

This was a hopeful Frontline. Coverage of democratization in Lebanon and the return of Liberia to peace. Particularly interesting was the interviews with people in Syria on the Iraqi border. The people there seemed shifty and real. I didn't feel like reporter or reportee were trying to insert a message. The messages were between the lines.

The image of a US fort in Iraq with its flag raised high against nightly mortar attacks was pretty powerful. Its an image you've seen in 1000 movies but this one is real.

FRONTLINE/WORLD . Lebanon - The Earthquake