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Too big to fail. It’s a phrase that has become so ubiquitous that even the Federal Reserve has a definition on one of its web sites. From the Fed’s standpoint, an organization is “too big to fail” when it is “so important to markets and their positions [are] so intertwined with those of other [institutions] […] Bulletin Board The interwebs are full of tributes to Ray Bradbury. I will offer just a remembrance. Of the hundreds of books I’ve read in my life, I can still remember sitting and reading The Illustrated Man in a particular room in my long since razed junior high school. Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes […] Bulletin Board Construction began yesterday and the official groundbreaking is Monday for the new Prairie West branch library about a mile from my house. Interesting Reading in the Interweb Tubes The Amazon Effect (“Consider the millions who are buying those modern Aladdin’s lamps called e-readers. These magical devices, ever more beautiful and nimble in design, […] Think science fiction is a genre relegated to the corners of bookstores or libraries? You’re overlooking a key detail. Geeks love science fiction. And we’ve learned over the last 50 years, some of our most significant technological developments come from geeks. Computer hardware and software are just the tip of the iceberg. Still, there are […] |
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