Friends of rogue trader Jerome Kerviel last night blamed his $7 billion losses on unbearable levels of stress … Continue reading “Rogue French trader Jerome Kerviel was forced to work 30 hours a week!”

I was having difficulty connecting to games both on the Xbox 360 and with my PC, but ever … Continue reading “The Dlink DGL 4500 and 4300 are the best gaming routers on the market”

I just bought a Dell XPS 420 with a 512Mb Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT, a 3.0 Ghz Core … Continue reading “Great Gaming PC”

I have always been a huge fan of Maria Sharapova – not only because she is drop dead … Continue reading “Go Masha!”

I had the pleasure of attending yet another one of Mark Gerson’s phenomenal Shabbos dinners two weeks ago … Continue reading “An optimist’s perspective: the party system in the US works!”

A few of you have asked me whether they should outsource their development with questions usually covering code … Continue reading “Outsourcing Development”

The movie is very well done. It lulls you into a false sense of security in the first … Continue reading “Cloverfield is highly entertaining!”

Challenges is a French business magazine similar to Forbes and Fortune in the US. They just had a … Continue reading “My article in Challenges on the American entrepreneurial spirit”

I just came across a fascinating article in Scientific American on how one’s attitude towards intelligence dramatically impacts … Continue reading “The secret to raising smart kids (and overcoming challenges)”

As Malcolm Gladwell expressed in a New Yorker article, when it comes to art, most people fall in … Continue reading “The power of regression analysis by Malcolm Gladwell”

I have always been a huge fan of Tom Stoppard’s plays and movies especially Arcadia, Shakespeare in Love … Continue reading “If you are in New York, go see Rock ‘n’ Roll”

I have always been a huge fan of Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker articles. He is the quintessential eclectic … Continue reading “Criminal Profiling is bogus by Malcolm Gladwell”

A recent article in the Financial Times showed that French and German schoolbooks demonize enterprise. As the article … Continue reading “Shocking research on continental European economics teaching”