Monthly Archives: September 2008

MySQL engineer needs $400,000 for son's bone marrow transplant

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Zeke

I ran into this on BoingBoing, and thought I’d repeat it here for anyone who’s listening: The MySQL community — who create, maintain and support the leading free database — are raising funds for Andrii Nikitin, a MySQL support engineer … Continue reading →

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Responsible Economic Recovery

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Zeke

The Bush administration’s proposed $700 billion, no-strings-attached bailout of the financial industry is meeting strong opposition from Congress on both the left and right. Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd, a Democrat, said, “What they have sent us is not … Continue reading →

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Of Stocks and Bailouts

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Zeke

My eyes have been pretty much glued to Google Finance for the last two days, what with the biggest stock drop since 9/11 and all. It’s interesting to watch pan out… I’m not incredibly pessimistic about things in the long … Continue reading →

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I'm alive…

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Zeke

Looks like I’m down to writing here once every week or two these days… School + Work + Side projects have me pretty busy these days. I often use the blog post entry window as a mirror with which to … Continue reading →

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