Kevin Schofield's WeblogMusings on life, kids, work, the Internet, Microsoft, politics, orcas, etc.S&P insider makes a bundle- March 29, 2006 Here's an interesting story -- a scandal in the making, if anyone actually cared. Background: last week Google was added to the S&P 500. Which on its own is actually neutral -- it signifies that a company is big and important, but doesn't really signal anything about expectations for the stock to go up or down. But here's the thing: all of the S&P index funds suddenly need to have that stock represented in their holdings, so they have no choice but to buy it up. So whenever a stock gets.http://radio.weblogs.com/0133184/2006/03/29.html#a532 Tablets in 5th Grade- March 29, 2006 Today on 10 the show features Forest Ridge School, where both of my daughters are in high school (and have been there since 5th grade). The school has required all students to have laptops for a long time. Starting this year, they've standardized on a tablet PC. They make fantastic use of it -- all the way down to 5th grade. Check it out.http://radio.weblogs.com/0133184/2006/03/29.html#a531 What was I thinking- March 29, 2006 New sitcom on TV tonight: Teachers. For some crazy reason, I thought it might be worth watching. Boy was I wrong. In the first ten minutes, there were sexist jokes, gay jokes, lazy teacher jokes, geeky math teacher jokes, and a REALLY ANNOYING LAUGH TRACK. The next five minutes were worse. I just turned it off, for good. So much for "Everything Bad Is Good For You." Sometimes it's just bad thorugh and through.http://radio.weblogs.com/0133184/2006/03/28.html#a530 |