Archive for November, 2009

Sharp to 7am

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

I switched out my Sharp Stainless to a 7am Platinum High Stainless.  It seemed like it was a bit less sharp then the sharp was.  It hung up a bit in my stubble, more than I’d like.  I didn’t cut myself much at all, at least.  I’ll see how it is after another shave or so.

103 Year Old Stock Trader

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Here is an interesting article about 103 Year Old Stockbroker, who still works everyday.  This guy was around, and working as a broker during the Great Depression, and was mentored by Benjamin Graham.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123981155929121475.html

Razor, twice

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

I need to stay on top of there more.  I switched out my Astra several shaves back.  It seems like I nicked myself more often with it.  I am currently using a Sharp Stainless blade.  This one seems pretty smooth, if not necessarily as close as I would like.  I need to update these more frequently, maybe as often as I shave.

Solid State Drive on Linux

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Here are some tweaks for solid state drives under linux.  Its a bit dated.  http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9190