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By Paul Kedrosky · May 16, 2012 · ·

Having long ago dated a lovely Dutch girl, I'm really torn on the whole Dutch disease thing – http://t.co/DaRkVxh0 ->
Debate today on best cameo ever. It's this: "I loved you in Wall Street". Can there be debate? http://t.co/KjTAZTYS ->
I think I'm going to tweet in entish more often. Crazy satisfying. ->
The global hotel Club Sandwich index – http://t.co/S2KkLXVR /via @theeconomist ->
English too brief to show my love of this, so … entish: A-lalla-lalla-rumba-kamanda-lindor-burúmë – http://t.co/8djZn85r ->

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By Paul Kedrosky · May 15, 2012 · ·

Ski industry watching as eastern US resort sues insurer over catastrophe policy payout – http://t.co/9D87veC1 ->
Can't believe the gold bugs aren't all over the tragic end of Canadian Tire money. http://t.co/zgi20svE ->
Apropos my amorality, I tried the psychopath test earlier today & turned out saner than I thought. http://t.co/84VN3XfG / cc @jonronson ->
Chagrined I can't work up energy to care about Jamie Dimon, VaR models, etc. It used to be that when things were going to hell it bugged me. ->
Think of putting in recreational bid for FB IPO allocation. Torn among $$2.72, $3.14, and $0.57. What's your favorite transcendental? ->

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By Paul Kedrosky · May 14, 2012 · ·

Just showed offspring you can find pi to 7 places at position 50,366,472 of pi. Yes, I'm that geeky. http://t.co/qlnYgMJF ->
The Floppy Disk icon means "save", & 14 other icons that don't make sense anymore – http://t.co/ZFSXcsTG /via @techmeme ->
Strong stuff in Pettis's latest, incl on China wobbles and a collapse in commodity prices – http://t.co/HHmAkY8f ->
Never realized YouTube's lead was this gigantic: Top 10 Video, Multimedia Websites – April 2012 http://t.co/DmIUvjyr ->
Evans-Pritchard: World edges closer to deflationary slump as money contracts in China – http://t.co/qixSfPcH ->
WSJ: Recent tech IPOs are setting land-speed records for pace of acquisitions – http://t.co/0HO0Txza http://t.co/OfMw1IWI ->
Intensely geeky, but amusing: The March of Progress http://t.co/f704lE4t ->

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By Paul Kedrosky · May 13, 2012 · ·

Dean Potter walks a tightrope over Enshi Grand Canyon – YouTube http://t.co/LbosSSVg ->
John Lanchester · Marx at 193 · LRB http://t.co/Pmzp4iqd ->
More Wealthy Chinese Said to Seek Exit Options via Investor Visas – http://t.co/A3v6GXMo ->
Photo set: 75 Years Since The Hindenburg Disaster – http://t.co/9gkkH2aK ->
Neutrinos to Give High-Frequency Traders the Millisecond Edge – http://t.co/S2ow8l7e ->
The shitty singularity – http://t.co/RicFaj74 ->
Gruber: IOS low-hanging fruit – http://t.co/Ww41pBYv ->

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By Paul Kedrosky · May 11, 2012 · ·

This August am again moderating in the annual E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year competition. Always fun. ->
Affluent men are out-shopping women online, and it's about luxury menswear, not electronics http://t.co/Mowbp6Wx ->
Decline of Tiger Woods QotD: "At least he has his health." http://t.co/UGT8Ul5u ->
Facebook IPO now being spun: It's oversubscribed! ( http://t.co/42dKRRqo) There's only weak interest! (http://t.co/dCtc2vSR ) ->

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By Paul Kedrosky · May 8, 2012 · ·

Tom Vanderbilt: We doth worry too much about the interweb – http://t.co/JuiojEYF ->
Yahoo's Scott Thompson to Dan Loeb: Stop taunting me, or I shall write another memo. http://t.co/9UqGrLge ->
VMTs, the Rosenhan study, robots, the Late Heavy Bombardment, favelas, chaparral, & Tomáš Berdych: I may be overdoing things in this deck. ->
Your kids need more dirt: Environmental biodiversity, human microbiota, and allergy are interrelated – http://t.co/zG3kEUx7 ->
Love both of these guys: Evernote Acquires Penultimate – http://t.co/Fsz3yuG2 ->
Just used Priceconomics for first time to check a used Macbook price. Useful. http://t.co/OKvntIhE ->

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By Paul Kedrosky · May 7, 2012 · ·

Dexter: You don't understand. I can't walk… they've tied my shoelaces together. / Topper Harley: A knot. Bastards! ->
You know, there aren't nearly enough articles & books worshipping at altar of Mark Zuckerberg. Wait, I have that backwards. ->
I hope we eventually get a chance to revel in this piece being dead wrong: The Maturation of the Billionaire Boy-Man http://t.co/wrB65ruj ->
On a truly obsessive hunt for the right minimalist, modern M-65 jacket. No idea what's come over me. #TravisBickle ->
Drug trade abhors a vacuum: Foreclosed Houses Become Homes for Indoor Marijuana Farms http://t.co/PF2TICVf ->
The frequent fliers who flew too much: The cost & consequences of unlimited first class air travel – http://t.co/phZbMn6y ->
Slowly, and then all at once: The Horse Plague – http://t.co/Yog3NPUl ->
GITTES: But that means that most of the valley's been sold in the last few months. CLERK: If that's what it says. http://t.co/mTZsUUyH ->

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By Paul Kedrosky · May 2, 2012 · ·

Video of the Hugh Hendry, et al. panel from Milken earlier today – http://t.co/tz88R3FK ->
Why hub and spoke electricity can't last: Power Failure in West Is Tied to Combination of Errors http://t.co/Omq4bQXW ->
I'm sure this will work out fine: the JOBS Act allows hedge funds to market like mutual funds http://t.co/PCfuyWhc /via @StockJockey ->
IamA Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist: Krugman on reddit http://t.co/8IYalZMA ->
Just ran a panel at Milken on cities/states & economic growth. Now feel like I need to lie down for a while. Listening is exhausting, ->

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By Paul Kedrosky · April 30, 2012 · ·

Ronaldo vs Nadal playing hybrid tennis/soccer. Super. http://t.co/2hcW4ee1 ->
E-P: China’s property boom has peaked, forever – http://t.co/TpqmkWMY ->
Gelman: Clueless Americans think they’ll never get sick http://t.co/NIruFil8 ->
FT: Stateless and super-rich: who is buying the world's most expensive properties? http://t.co/7spaXO8O ->
SciAm: Dairy farm waste may be bigger source of LA smog than the region's millions of cars. http://t.co/tpheCJcE ->
For my sins, driving to LA later today. #FractalRoadsideTrash ->
Runner's world: Usain Bolt and his entourage (via @Pocket) #longreads http://t.co/csex0bGL ->

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By Paul Kedrosky · April 29, 2012 · ·

Neil Gaiman interviews Stephen King – http://t.co/q7FvUvLh ->
Hell hath no fury like Hobbit fans facing 48fps footage. See here http://t.co/tnQKXg3a & here http://t.co/oz3vyLwL ->
Nifty visualization: Realtime consumer spending in Spain during Easter weekend 2011 – http://t.co/tnJQHxOY ->
Urban Dictionary word of the day: Splenda Daddy – http://t.co/6tUEdoG3 ->
Nocera: My Faith-Based Retirement – http://t.co/IoWsH45C ->
Apple’s Tax Strategy Aims at Low-Tax States and Nations – http://t.co/GdPgVwxv ->

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