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"Immigration, Wages, and Compositional Amenities"

Immigration, Wages, and Compositional Amenities, by David Card, Christian Dustmann, and Ian Preston, NBER Working Paper No. 15521, November 2009 [Open Link]: Introduction Standard economic reasoning suggests that immigration, like trade, creates ...

From MARK THOMA, Economist's View,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: National Bureau of Economic Research,  Bayer

74 Mesmerizing Slow Shutter Shots [Shooting Challenge]

Honesty: I never, in my wildest dreams, expected your slow shutter photography to be this crazy-awesome. But 74 of you turned in some humbling shots for this week's Shooting Challenge. First Place "Smoke Signal was taken with an Olympus sp350 set to ...

From MARK WILSON, Gizmodo,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: RPM, Inc.

Why It's Gotten Straight Stupid to Buy a Mac Pro [Rant]

Never before has it been so apparent that a power tower—pretty much the laziest design in the computer industry—is being sold by a design-centric company with neither design nor power. And I'm not sure that the solution is just a refresh away. The Mac ...

From MARK WILSON, Gizmodo,  23 Nov 2009

Rocky and Balls record song for charity

Rocky & Balls, my favorite female uke-playing duet, recorded another song about facial hair. This one is for charity. The proceeds will go to The Prostate Cancer Charity and we would love it if you could all buy a copy since it is for a very very very ...

From MARK FRAUENFELDER, Boing Boing,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tony James

Dems to get their White knight in TX?

From NBC's Mark Murray and Ali Weinberg The last full year in which Texas had a Democratic governor -- in 1994 -- Bill Clinton was in his second year in office, Texas A&M was the dominant college football team in the state, and Kurt Cobain had just ...

From MARK MURRAY, MSNBC,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Kay Bailey Hutchison,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Rick Perry

AViiQ Aluminium Laptop Stand Review [Review]

New York, 3:46 PM Mon Nov 23 37 posts in the last 24 hours New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email 9515 Subscribers Send a link to this post '' via email: Please enter your name. Please enter a valid email address. Please enter ...

From MARK WILSON, Gizmodo,  23 Nov 2009

Tom Gauld print: "Characters for an Epic Tale"

9.5 x 12.5 inches, 2 colors [note the apparition, done in a gray spot-color -- Mark], letterpress printed on Hahnemühle Mould-made Ingres paper. Signed and numbered edition of 150, half available through Buenaventura Press and half through Tom Gauld ...

From MARK FRAUENFELDER, Boing Boing,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: BP p.l.c.,  Bruce Sterling

Carbon/Silicon's latest album as a free download

Researchers at UC San Diego say that being covered in Staphylococci bacteria "blocked a vital step in a cascade of events that led to inflammation," after an injury. By studying mice and human cells, they found the harmless bacteria did this by making ...

From MARK FRAUENFELDER, Boing Boing,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bruce Sterling

Does the McDonnel Campaign Offer a GOP Roadmap to Victory?

While Republicans posted two hard-fought gubernatorial victories on Nov. 3, McDonnell’s path to victory is the one that most encourages the GOP, a remarkable case of a social conservative who made his name in politics as an abortion opponent yet ...

From MARK NOONAN, Blogs for Victory,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party

Maker Shed kiosks at Fry's

If you find yourself at a Fry's in California, you might see one of these handsome Maker Shed kiosks. The Make team did a great job coming up with an attractive kiosk that took up just 4 square feet of floor space. Gareth writes: "We think this is big ...

From MARK FRAUENFELDER, Boing Boing,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tony James

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