Why we create economic bubbles – “For the price to track the fundamental value, says Noussair, ‘everybody has to know that everybody knows that everybody is rational.’ That

New Zealand here we come!

The fascinating story of how Roosevelt’s leaked battle plans influenced the course of World War II.

All (recent) issues of Bicycling magazine now online and searchable. Nice work Google!

HP packs its new laptop in a laptop bag – love the thought, though I wonder if it’s really less waste if you don’t want the bag.

Amphitheatre Pkwy to Vista Linda Ln – Google Maps – hmm…

NFB – Carts of Darkness – “In the picture-postcard community of North Vancouver, filmmaker Murray Siple follows men who have turned bottle-picking, their primary source of income, into the extreme sport of shopping cart racing.” More on YouTube.

“The Dancing Plague of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace, France in July 1518. Numerous people took to dancing for days without rest, and over the period of about one month, most of the people died from heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion.” Huh. I especially like the prescription authorities prescribed: “More dancing“!

Stage 2 of next year’s Tour of California includes all my old stomping grounds…Tunitas Creek, Bonny Doon, Empire Grade. And it’s on a holiday too (President’s Day). Awesome!

Ah, the dilemma: “There’s a lot I want to experience, but not a lot I actually want to do.”