Prediction Markets and the US Financial Crises.

September 26, 2008

Visit my prediction market! It’s been a week.  Unless you’ve been under a rock, you know that the US economy has seen better times.  You have to wonder how bad things are.  As in any crisis, there are mixed accounts.  There’s a fantastic list of potential calamities in a WSJ article this morning.  This thing [...]

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Awesomeness isn’t quite free – Ice Kream Koan brings free awesome back!

September 19, 2008

I’ve been following the Thirty-day Challenge with a lot of enthusiasm.  I really have to hand it to Ed, GuruBob and crew, they’ve really packed a lot of information into a very useful and concise package.  There’s huge value there!  Kudos to you all. I’m impressed too with the tools that they are helping promote.  [...]

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Economic Karma – Deleveraging America…

September 18, 2008

I’ve got a friend of mine who I always seem to be on the other side of the debate with.  His position is that the current financial meltdown is the result of a loss of transparency in the market.  There are those that point to SIVs and other off-balance sheet items as the protagonists in [...]

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A Lesson from Nash on Gridlock

September 11, 2008

The ability for economics to eloquently and succinctly describe complex social interaction continues to amaze me.  The Nash theorem describes a situation whereby the greatest economic benefit for society comes when all participates are aware of each other strategy and act accordingly and consistently.  The minute individuals start acting in their own best interests, the [...]

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Wikinomics, The Nature of the Firm, Social Networks and Outsourcing.

December 6, 2007

I’ve been reading an intriguing book over the last few weeks called “Wikinomics” In this extraordinarily engaging book, the authors build a case for a new economy. This economy challenges the dogmatic ideas of traditional “closed loop” business which subscribes to proprietary models of collaboration and innovation. The premise of this outdated model suggests that [...]

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Picked Up!!

March 5, 2007

THIS JUST IN… Thanks to Ross over at the RVA Blog for picking up the Ice Kream Koan! addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.icekreamkoan.com%2F2007%2F03%2F05%2Fpicked-up%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Picked+Up%21%21′; addthis_pub = ”; Technorati Tags: Uncategorized

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The Hanger Door

March 4, 2007

It strikes you wandering around an airport that there are silent stories all around. Most of these stories are the dreams and aspirations of men who now are just a bit past their prime but fell in love with aviation at a very young age. Behind the hanger doors are an accumulation of what was [...]

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Abstract — Afternoon Sunset

February 20, 2007

One of the things I miss about living in Virginia Beach are the rich landscapes that I managed to discover and shoot over the years. Central Virginia, I’m sure has such opportunities, but I have not as yet discovered them. Instead I’ve turned to subject matter that is more prevalent in the environment through which [...]

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Geico Caveman and Royksopp

February 18, 2007

Everybody has seen the Geico caveman commercials. They’re pretty darned entertaining IMHO and I have to admit they’re a guilty pleasure of mine. In particular I like the one of the cave dude cruising down the people mover at the airport. You gotta love the badminton racket he’s got sticking out of his bag. Nice [...]

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Why Study Zen?

February 12, 2007

I try to attend the Richmond Still Water Zen Center weekly. It’s a wonderful group of Zen practitioners in the lineage of Zen Master Seung Sahn. After our meditation and chanting last week, our teacher gave a Dharma talk and posed an interesting question. A question that I hadn’t thought about to that point. Zen [...]

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