• Maoxian » Twenty Years Later, Putting the Crash in Perspective
  (tags: stocks)
• Rational egoism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  “egoism defined by Rand consists of the principle that pursuing personal interest is rational, and not seeking personal interest is irrational.”
  (tags: philosophy aynrand economics)
• Dalai Lama: The Purpose of Life :: Green Living at Care2
  “I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.”
  (tags: philosophy religion)
• HugeURL
  this is pretty funny
  (tags: humor web WebDesign)

Partly inspired by maoxian’s TGIF series, I have decided to post random pictures from my Documents/Pictures folder every once in a while. Here’s the first one, from our trip to Florence:

I experimented during this trip by taking “artsy” pictures all the time. It kind of annoyed my wife at the time, but I think they turned out really nice. One of the great things about Florence is that you can walk everywhere - a lot of the streets are blocked off to automobiles, so most people are walking or biking.

I don’t think I will make any trades until November, as I adjust to the new job and transfer funds around. When I start trading in November, I plan to post the charts I am watching and my current positions and trades.

My Minnesota driver’s license expired and so I had to get one in Pennsylvania. Man, in order to get a driver’s license in Pennsylvania, you need every official document that you have ever received in your life. It is quite a process.
As I was getting my license today, I also registered to vote and they asked me to which political party I belong. I hesitated as I considered registering as a Democrat, a Republican or a Libertarian. A lot of people in my family are Democrats, and I always considered myself a Democrat, but in order to vote for Ron Paul someone told me that I need to register as a Republican. But I just can’t stand the thought of registering as a Republican. And I really like the political philosophy of Libertarianism, so I decided to go with that.
Maybe I should have chose “Other:” and wrote in Singularitarian.

• In case of emergency call Shaolin monks
  A group of Shaolin monks pushed their bus down an expressway after it broke down on Monday in Nanchang, Southeastern China’s Jiangxi Province. They were trying to avoid being overcharged by a breakdown crew.
  (tags: kungfu shaolin)
• Death special: The plan for eternal life - death - 13 October 2007 - New Scientist
  (tags: Kurzweil Technology transhumanism futures)
• Humpy – India’s other chess prodigy - Sify.com
  (tags: chess india)
• YouTube - Warren Buffet on PetrolChina and his strategy
  (tags: buffet video stocks)

I think the keyboard and mouse won’t be around much longer. How will this affect trading?

“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” - William O’Neil

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“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” - William O’Neil

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