Monthly Archives: December 2007

Here’s something kind of cool – a company called Vectrix is selling plug-inelectric scooters for just US$11k. They’re being trialled by the NY Police Department, run for 35-55 miles on a charge and recharge in 2 hours. Just the thing … Continue reading →

Just back from Barnes and Noble, where I wandered between the shelves for a while contemplating the books I was thinking of buying. I could not help thinking as I reflected on the mass of volumes surrounding me – does … Continue reading →

Ok, again just making a note to myself… sorry, nothing too interesting here for normal people… Problem #1There is a bug in Internet Explorer that means that if you float a div left with a left margin and there are … Continue reading →

Got a reply from Prof. Peter Morici already! And it’s quite interesting. His view is that one of the main contributors to the US current account deficit is the undervaluation of the Chinese Yuan. This is caused in his view … Continue reading →

Just to underscore the seriousness of the NZ current account deficit of 8.3% of GDP, I read an artcle tonight by Professor Peter Morici from the University of Maryland about the dangers of the US current account deficit which currently … Continue reading →

According to this article at twice.com dated yesterday Dec. 20, 20% of men have yet to start their Christmas shopping. What??! Some people have started already??!!

The NZ Herald reports the NZ Current Account Deficit has increased from 8.1 to 8.3% of GDP. This comes days after Finance Minister Michael Cullen claimed “economic forecasts showed the best economic growth period for “a generation” was set to … Continue reading →

Evidence of the slowing NZ economy in this comment from Noel Leeming Group chief executive Andrew Dutkiewicz in the NZ Herald – New Zealand retail spending was slowing due to less demand for housing which reduced consumer confidence and in … Continue reading →

Nice quote from Mike Moore in the NZ Herald today… The biggest per capita givers in the US are working-class, conservative Christians. The smallest per capita givers are liberal public servants who, I suspect, would rather sign petitions and pass … Continue reading →

BTW, just found this article that partly addresses the way that IE handles the cases I just described. http://www.satzansatz.de/cssd/onhavinglayout.html#nextfloat When a block follows a floated element, it should — as a block — ignore the float, but its contents should … Continue reading →