Changed Gravitars

Posted on by Mike 4 Comments

If you hadn’t noticed, I changed the gravatar 1the little picture that appears next to your comments, aka Globally Recognized Avatars scheme. Many of you have commented on how your gravitar looked, sick, scary, ugly, so I changed the scheme to monsters. 

If you don’t like that scheme, you can always upload your own gravitar at http://en.gravatar.com/. The account is free and you can upload any small picture you like, associate it with your email address, and it will appear next to your comments at any tech-savvy, gravitar enabled site like Major Mike’s Musings.

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↑1 the little picture that appears next to your comments, aka Globally Recognized Avatars

Economic Forecasting

Posted on by Mike 5 Comments

“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.” — John Kenneth Galbraith

Yesterday, Black Friday, consumers spent 3% 1UPDATE: latest figures estimate that the increase may be more like 7% more than last year. All we heard on the news was how horrible for retailers the day would be. That folks were only going to browse. I think Mr. Galbraith is correct. The crowds even trampled a Wal-Mart employee to death in their rush to buy stuff, for crying out loud.

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↑1 UPDATE: latest figures estimate that the increase may be more like 7%

Buncha Stuff

Posted on by Mike 5 Comments

I received this as an email from one of my nieces. The deal was to fill it out on yourself and send it back and send it to a bunch of other folks.

I usually don’t forward emails, and I usually don’t spend much time filling out surveys like this, but this seemed like fun. I emailed a copy back to my niece and am posting it here…in case you’re interested. Read more