http://09ers.net Explorations In The Sierra Nevadas Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:12:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Man, I knew things were bad ..... but this is pathetic. Get a $100, for a $100 deposit. Are their reserves THAT short for such insane marketing pamphlets. How far are we from a good old fashion run on the bank? I hope the FDIC has their propganda machine oiled ... http://09ers.net/2009/02/21/its-a-tarp-i-found-where-all-your-money-went/ pre { margin: .5em 0 2.1em 0; padding: 1em; text-size:12px; background-color:white; } .strike { text-decoration: line-through; } .code { color:black; background-color:white; } Well, this is certainly out of the ordinary, both for me and you. I really never wanted to see "technical" posts on this blog, but I'll make an exception this one time. I always find myself thanking the random blogger who ... http://09ers.net/2009/02/20/how-to-use-zends-action-helpers-well-everywhere/ I stumbled across this gem the other day. I was almost in tears -- not kidding. This podcast is geared for those trained and familiar with works of FA Hayek, Mises, Rothbard and the gang. It's sort of a motivational uplifter when you swear the world is going crazy. [caption id="" ... http://09ers.net/2009/02/12/its-good-to-be-austrian-economist-lew-rockwell/ Ryan and I made it to the claim this past weekend...it was covered in very dense snow! Some parts were flat out icy. Not surprisingly, it took an extremely long time to make the trek. Hopefully we'll post some more details over at The 09ers soon! Until then, here's another ... http://09ers.net/2009/01/23/an-icy-kind-of-claim-trip/ It’s true. While Christmas and New Years steal all the attention, Trivia day - celebrated every January 4th - comes right on their heels and is best not forgotten. What better way to celebrate than with some gold-related trivia? The ten billion ounces of gold in the world would fit into a ... http://09ers.net/2009/01/04/gold-and-trivia-day/ Ok, winter is here, our claims are beneath at least a foot of snow, and I really want to build an Igloo. Ryan e-mailed me this link to Grand Shelters awhile back - they are a company that makes a tool you can use to built a strong and warm (relatively ... http://09ers.net/2009/01/02/itchin-for-an-igloo/ Don't get me wrong folks, Plaxico Burress is a first class idiot. Although, I'm starting to question who the bigger idiot is. Plaxico may have harmed the lives of many, including his own by not following some of the most basic safety rules, and I'm not talking about the safety ... http://09ers.net/2008/12/26/plaxico/ http://09ers.net/2008/12/24/happy-95th-birthday-federal-reserve-are-you-dead-yet/ Now that I have graduated college I have been blessed with the fantastic gift of a ginormous pile of debt.  Lately, this burden has brought me a large amount of anxiety and I'm almost positive it is actually interfering with my productive labor. It's a strain on my own mental ... http://09ers.net/2008/12/07/human-capital/ As some of you may know, I work for a company who has a fetish for time (and should stay that way *wink). Life is a collection of memories, and a collection that validates our existence. A life. and for that matter death, without memories, would be like a ... http://09ers.net/2008/11/09/visualizing-geo-time/