How to Reconcile Economics and Politics

A World Bank online article last week took a look at how Economics and Politics work with or against each other. Some of the questions at “Economists in Politics: Politicians or Technocrats?” of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Knowledge and Learning Forum 2007 to be held for two weeks for the technocrat and [...]

Monetary Integration Poses Many Questions

An economics issue I’ve been seeing in the headlines of international business articles is the emergence of an integrated monetary currency for Asian nations much like the Euro. Here is a Financial Express editorial around last week which contrasts a lot of things such as political and economic considerations before the integration out west was [...]

Out East, Out West

So it all boils down to 4 clubs. Consider them the suits in a deck of cards but in the end there will remain only one team in a playoffs characterized by a list of adjectives without “predictable” in it.
Out West
It’s the San Antonio Spurs and the Utah Jazz remaining with the Spurs enjoying homecourt [...]

Proof of Dark Matter

Another NASA article involving astronomy and physics the other day had me writing this entry. This time, the article involves the dark matter of one of the lot of theories in physics.
It is pretty interesting to note that while astromers believe that the stuff comprises majority of the known universe, they know so little about [...]

Top 5 CSS Tips

The geek in me has this list of IT-wise goals I need to achieve before the year ends and one of them is a better grasp of CSS. Sure I’ve been using it for quite some time already but I’ve never actually wielded the mastery of the web ingredient enough to actually have me design [...]

Three Ball – II

This time a literal one. That three ball made by Horry with less than a minute to go to take the fight away from the Nuggets and more importantly a 3-1 lead for the Spurs as they take the series back at home where they can finish it all there.
I guess this time it’s safe [...]

Freelancing Anyone?

If you’re a Notes/Domino guy and have been weeding through the IBM’s Notes forums in the course of using the technology, chances are you’ve encountered Benedict Poole, (or benpoole if you’re more familiar with his Notes.net handle.) The guy’s got a big name in Notes/Domino development for years now that he’s one of those Notes [...]

Three Ball

Yesterday might as well go as one of the most exciting days in the playoffs ever. Sure I’ve seen exciting playoff days as well but the developments yesterday were definitely of greater significance than any other exciting playoff day I’m aware of. And these don’t involve drastic ejections or suspensions yet.
Nash goes 1 assist short [...]