Eclectic Curiosities
Podcasts are great for entertainment and education, but I’ve discovered that they only scratch the surface of the many and varied resources iTunes has to offer.
We recently added some iTunes affiliate links to the WebPixie Shopping page and, in the process, found iTunes U. Here are some web sites related to the movies and other presentations that I downloaded from iTunes U:
These ought to keep me occupied for awhile!
Perhaps I will have more to say about these in future posts. Right now, my more immediate concern is finding storage for all these files from iTunes. Burning DVD’s is tedious, but it’s the best option available to us right now.
What we need is a cool thumb drive. They’re surely way inexpensive by now (I hope). 
Global Finance
I recently finished two books about how Enron happened. The so-called home mortgage meltdow has been raging now for many months. A high-level private investment group recently found it necessary to devalue some of their holdings. Now, an 85 year-old investment bank had over the weekend to choose between declaring bankruptsy or accepting a buyout for $2/ share.
After reading those two books about Enron, I see traces of Enron in almost every business news story that I read. I wonder how many, if any, similarities will become apparent 5 or 10 years from now. Imagine the dirt the newscasts may be able to dig up by then! I shudder to think.
Meanwhile, I need to educate myself better on these matters. Finance and commerce were of great interest to me earlier in my career, but then life has guided me away from the intricacies of how commerce makes things work.
No need for that to be a permanent situation! I found a blog and podcast about global currency. It may not be the best place to start, but there is only one way to find out, right?
This is the link to the blog(http://www.forexblog.org/), and the podcasts can be found at iTunes.
