Monday, September 26, 2011

Bookstaber on learning from the industrial revolution

We interrupt this temporarily quietened blog to bring you an top link. Click right here and read "What can we learn from the policies that spurred the Industrial Revolution?" at Rick Bookstaber's place. If you read just one thing on the internet this week, make it this article. Most excellent brainfood.

Chart of the day is...

...gold.

Now I really gotta go...boring things to do, boringly.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

On the road


Your author is pretending to work while travelling around a bit for the next four days. Posting will be light this week. Here's Jack.

"Why think about that when all the golden land's ahead of you and all kinds of unforeseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?"

The IKN Weekly, out now

the clue is in the question

IKN125 has just been sent to subscribers.

Bulldozers: Caterpillar D11, D10, D9, D8 Exhibition - Video & News

Click the figure below to view the video.

 Bulldozers: Caterpillar D11, D10, D9, D8 Exhibition - Video & News.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

The two most popular IKN posts of the last week...


"This is a deceptively simple philosophy that I have been working on and fine tuning for most of my life.  I am delighted to say that I believe I have refined it down to its essence- - sufficiently to share it with a select band of friends that may appreciate its elegance and simplicity."

Then this one, featuring Brent Cook and Mickey Fulp getting interviewed by the Kitco girl at a bar, JDs on ice at hand. Again shown right here.