jgilbert on September 24th, 2008

Trism, a delightful and innovative game for the iPhone, has recently become one of my obsessions, especially after spending over 15 hours on an airplane. Despite netting a reported $250K since its launch and gaining over 20,000 registered users, there is apparently no definitive guide to the strategy of the game.
I’m by no means an [...]

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jgilbert on September 24th, 2008

For those looking for coverage of the US banking crisis told in plain and simple language, check out the London Daily Telegraph. While in London, I read two days of their reporting on the crisis, and was amazed about how plainly they explain the problem and its implications to their UK-based audience. Some of it [...]

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jgilbert on September 23rd, 2008

Just a quick note to friends that I am indeed back in Boston from my trip to Africa, unburying myself from hundreds of emails.
One curious story from my trip: BA flight 214 had an engine stall over the Atlantic on my return flight, so I got to enjoy a old-fashioned English fire brigade reception on our [...]

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