A Cajun-Asian View

Interesting cartoon that does some explanation of how the money system works. It does, though, seem to imply that there's a grand conspiracy by banks and governments, and only time will tell if the theory that the expanding debt will eventually result in a collapse is true.

This article seems to try to address myths and unknowns of the banks and federal monetary system, some of which might be in the video. I'll have to read more on this before I really solidify my own thoughts on it all.

Work got me the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet to check out. The company got a couple of these to determine their (and the Nokia N800's) usefulness to our clients.

After playing with it for several days there much I could criticize it for like the weak processor, the lack of memory to run programs, and the use of the older MMC cards for flash memory. But the potential in this device is quite great. Based on Debian, the O.S. on the Nokia 770 is rather robust. In terms of experience, I found that browsing from the couch or at a coffee shop is so much more convenient than with a laptop, even if I can't watch Youtube (or other flash site) videos on it with only having Macromedia Flash 6 available on it. The fact that I can play Sudoku or Mahjong anywhere with it is extra.

Though they are a bit generous with their ratings, freewaregenius.com does have some nice reviews of free software.

UPDATE: I just noticed in their FAQ that they will only review software that they feel merit 4 or 5 stars, which may explain why the ratings seem high in the first place.

The Blue Screen Screensaver from Microsoft.

It looks quite convincing, too!

There's something a bit different about Mary Poppins in this short termed Scary Mary:

(Via The Daily Dish)