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End-of-Week Lite
Posted on 2009-07-02 19:29:00 | ronsen.blogspot.com
Click charts to ENLARGE.Almost thirty years of medical practice does something to you. It makes you really tired.The SP500 acted tired this week, too, with end-of-day and end-of-week weakness. Not exactly rampaging bull market action. The bulls couldn't hold 900 on the SPX and 889 comes readily into the target zone._________________________________ -
Stock Market - Technical Picture Turning Bearish
Posted on 2009-07-02 18:29:00 | kevinsmarketblog.blogspot.com
Above is a daily chart of the S&P500 and as you can see there is a head and shoulders pattern developing. A move below last month's low will confirm the pattern suggesting lower prices for the stock market in the days and weeks to come.Below is a weekly chart of the S&P500 and in the lower pane is the stochastic indicator. As you can see th -
The Unbearable Stupidity of Some Patents
Posted on 2009-07-02 18:17:51 | www.feld.com/blog/index.php
If I told you that I had just filed a patent for “a system to sell equity in domain names”, I’d expect you to laugh at me. I haven’t ranted and raved against software (and business method) patents for a while because I got bored of doing it. The PTO has gotten so far behind on responding to patent applications that the whole not -
Run for Your Life: The Pentagon's Robotic Hummingbird Takes Flight
Posted on 2009-07-02 18:00:00 | blog.fastcompany.com
Video of the latest flying contraption by DARPA, the Pentagon's hyper-strange research lab. Darpa, the Pentagon's advanced-research unit--AKA, the place where they develop Men In Black technology--is working on a flapping robo-sentinel. Aerovironment, the company that's been developing the gadget, just revealed video of the progress they've made, w -
The Colorado Cleantech Opportunity
Posted on 2009-07-02 17:48:00 | cleantechblog.com
By Joel Serface – July 2, 2009In June, I took a great camping trip to a truly unique feature that many outside the state of Colorado know little about. It was the Great Sand Dunes National Park – the tallest sand dunes in North America with the backdrop of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. I arrived at the perfect time of the year when the temp -
Summer Swoon
Posted on 2009-07-02 17:47:00 | thelearningcurve.blogspot.com
The stock market did exactly the opposite of what I thought it would do this week. Getting the blame for the meltdown today was a poor jobs report. The stock market found little to celebrate heading into the long holiday weekend.Major stock indexes fell more than 2.6 percent Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones industrials to their lowest level in six w -
No, It's Not an Urban Myth: Video of Heinz Beanzawave Surfaces
Posted on 2009-07-02 17:45:30 | blog.fastcompany.com
Last month, we posted pictures of the Heinz Beanzawave, a USB-powered prototype mini microwave that measures just 7.4 inches tall by 6.2 inches wide and 5.9 inches deep. And while we confirmed the microwave's existence with Heinz, it's still hard to believe that the company is actually developing a $160 companion microwave for its Snap Pots single- -
Summer Movies We're Afraid to See: Brokeback Platform
Posted on 2009-07-02 17:30:09 | blog.fastcompany.com
It's official: You can make anything into a movie.In this season of Transformers and G.I. Joe, and with Hollywood prepping big-budget versions of Monopoly, Bazooka Joe, and Stretch Armstrong, what's next? Each week we'll supply the title for an upcoming--and completely fake--Hollywood movie. You supply the plot synopsis, then reveal the hidden text