Learn HTML Through Theft & Mutilation
August 5th, 2008
Anyone serious about having a website needs to know something about HTML, the computer code of websites.
HTML is a simple language - although some native speakers would argue that so is Swahili - it is made up of characters from your keyboard. No fancy heiroglyphics. Read the rest of this entry »
“Bankers’ Banks”- The Role of Central Banks in Banking Crises
August 5th, 2008
Central banks are relatively new inventions. An American President (Andrew Jackson) even cancelled its country’s central bank in the nineteenth century because he did not think that it was very important. But things have changed since. Central banks today are the most important feature of the financial systems of most countries of the world. Read the rest of this entry »
You’ve had a motor vehicle accident some time ago when a local character by the name of Fred Fuddle smashed into your rear end but now you’re in the home stretch with his Adjuster, I. M. Strong, and you’re going to be paid for your loss by Strong’s employer, Rock Solid Insurance. A good portion of it will be for your “Pain and Suffering”. That is, in the lingo of insurance claim settlements, your “Compensatory Damages”. Let’s talk about that: Read the rest of this entry »