Amazing Photographic Technology

A photographer used technology called Gigapan to make a massive 1,400 megapixel photograph (yes, you read the right… over 1.4 billion pixels) of the inaugural audience at the moment O’bama gave his address.  This means that you can zoom in on

CNN Has Really Lost Its Way

I’m sitting in the Huntsville, Alabama airport waiting for my flight back to Dayton, and unfortunately they have CNN playing non-stop (note: I’m typing this post using the free airport Wi Fi).  I actually stopped watching CNN about 8 years ago

Fannie Mae and Home Mortgages, 1999

Just to be clear, it was the New York Times that reported in 1999 “Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending“.    The noteworthy extracts from the story: Fannie Mae, the nation’s biggest underwriter of home mortgages, has been under

How Many Zeros in a Billion?

This is too true to be funny.  Thanks to Joe Knecht… The next time you hear a politician use the word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending YOUR tax money.  A billion is