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April 20, 2004
More going faster, others happy at slower speeds
With the latest Pew Research Center report, Broadband Penetration on the Upswing: 55% of Adult Internet Users Have Broadband at Home or Work, NY Times looked at those who still use dial-up connections. Those interviewed didn't seem to have the urgency for high-speed delivery and some felt it would compel them to spend more time on line.
Posted by eubie at 11:50 PM permalink
How little we save
Motley Fool: Saving in a Nation of Spenders. From Census data no age group had a median net worth above $32,000 when the value of their home was excluded. When home values were included the age group 70-74 had the highest median net worth at $120,000. More details are available through the Census Bureau. After homes, the next largest category of net worth assets are stocks and mutual funds.
Also the comparison of couples showed a married couple 55-64 had a median net worth, excluding equity in home, of $73,962, the highest amount of any group of couples. That's 7 times greater than male or female households.
Those amounts are unbelievably low, especially give that more and more workers retire now without pension plans.
Posted by eubie at 11:36 PM permalink
Books -- April 20
Current: Crispin: the cross of lead by Avi. On my list of Newberry Award books to read.
Finished: The Last Goodbye by Reed Arvin
These high, green hillsby Jan Karon
The Murder Room by P.D. James. Denser than most mysteries, but good read.
Audio
Current: Elizabeth and Mary (cousins, rivals, queens) by Jane Dunn
Finished:
Genome war (How Craig Venter tried to capture the code of life and save the world) by James Shreeve. Good story and makes stripping wallpaper and painting go much faster.
Library (an unquiet history) by Matthew Battles.
Set aside: Flashing before my eyes 50 years of headlines, deadlines & punchlines by Dick Schaap.
Posted by eubie at 11:04 PM permalink