Poor Economics – A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

April 25, 2011

I’m reading this book.  For fifteen years, the authors have worked with the poor in dozens of countries spanning 5 continents, trying to understand the specific problems that come with poverty and to find proven solutions. They posit that the reason why so many anti-poverty policies have failed is because of an inadequate understanding of [...]

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Excellent Customer Service from Crank Brothers

April 3, 2011

A couple of years ago, I bought a Crank Brothers multi17 tool.  Although I don’t baby my tools, I don’t abuse them either. I carry this tool as part of my cycling kit and it likely gets more use than all my other bike tools. Somehow, I managed to completely twist one of the hex [...]

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Lego Antikythera Mechanism

December 10, 2010

This is one of the coolest an geekiest things that I’ve seen in a while. The Antikythera mechansism was recovered in 1901.  It is the oldest known complex scientific calculator and one of the world’s oldest known gear devices. Estimates are that it was made around 150-100 BC by Greek astronomers.  Since its discovery, there [...]

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Possible resolution to WordPress upload errors related to PHP Safe Mode

October 21, 2010

You may be getting an error message from your WordPress install that say either “The uploaded file could not be moved…” or “Unable to create directory…” The obvious step would be to check to see if you have permission to write to that directory.  However, if you tried everything and  you still can’t upload to [...]

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Changing the Footer in the Thesis WordPress Theme

October 20, 2010

Only those who purchase a Thesis Theme Developers Option are authorized to remove the Thesis Theme attribution in the footer. A lot of times people want to customize their footer to add copyright notices or other information. This how to change your Thesis footer link from saying “using a Custom Footer Hook. Step 1: Open [...]

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