Eubie's notes

Oligopoly Watch: Betting on solar power. This entry by Steve Hannaford looks at how large energy and technologies dominante the field. A few days earlier, he had this entry, “Wal-Mart and the landscape,” looking at the difficulty of filling their space when the Wal-Mart and other giant retailers move into other buildings in the area or close.

NY Times: “How to Avoid Living Like a Poor Student at Age 70” by Ben Stein. Putnam Investments releases this week a survey of 2,000 recent retirees (within six years) finding they are money-worried, cash-strapped and dependent on Social Security, but they say they are satisfied. A PDF of the press release of the survey is available.

Tips on dumpster diving are here and here.

Bob Stepno’s Other Journalism Weblog: “Writing Styles for the Web.” An outline of writing styles and links to examples of the various types of journalism writing, including print, broadcast and blog.

Typographica.com: Clearview: A New Typeface for US Highways. The designer of Clearview spent 8 years developing it. Tip from kottke.org.

Atlanta Business Chronicle: City revisits panhandling laws: CAP/King & Spalding study may suggest ‘blue box’ zones

Cincinnati Business Courier: With Joy sales slumping, it was time for P&G to clean it up

San Francisco Business Times: Limbering up gay business: S.F. backs entrepreneurs

Wired News: Careful Where You Complain. Ga. couple is unhappy with siding job on their house, complains on web site, and N.C. manufacturer of product sues. The issue now becomes a free speech issue.

Henri Cartier-Bresson was an inspirational photographer. In photography classes and afterwards, I’d be amazed at his work. I also admired W. Eugene Smith and Margaret Bourke-White.

Today I came across this 2000 Washington Post essay about a Cartier-Bresson exhibit then. I had read a passing mention about his death earlier this year.

For quick views of work by Smith, Bourke-White, Weegee and others try Masters of Photography web site.

Bloghosts said today it’s closing down after Dec. 31. Time to find some Movable Type-friendly hosting.

ACBJ: ACBJ study: Galveston nation’s best test market

Boston Business Journal: A harmless lie? Clearing up the mess made by a false statement on a r?sum? can be a costly and time-consuming proposition

The Denver Business Journal: Pollsters missing wireless voters in their surveys

The Business Journal of Kansas City: Hallmark leads off local effort to fight depression at work

Current: “Plain heathen mischief” by Martin Clark. Writer from Virginia.

“The No. 1 Ladies Dective Agency” by Alexander McCall Smith

“Southern Fried” by Cathy Pickens. Charlotte writer

“The Nature of Midnight” by Robert Rice. This was good story. I decided to read this after reading a quick review in the Wall Street Journal, including a bit about his publisher dropping him. I think the publisher made a mistake.

“The Known World” by Edward P. Jones, through page 100

“Making a Literary Life” by Carolyn See

“Visions in Death” by J.D. Robb, through page 98

“A Battle from the Start: The Life of Nathan Bedford Forrest” by Brian Steele Wills

“The Impending Crisis: 1848-1861” by David M Potter

“Out to Canaan” by Jon Karon

“‘Co. Aytch’: a side show of the big show” by Samuel R. Watkins

Audio Books

Current: “The last stand of the tin can sailors [the extraordinary World War II story of the U.S. Navy’s finest hour]” by James D. Hornfischer

“An Hour befor Dawn” by Jimmy Carter. A much better story of growing up in the South than “All Over but the Shouting.”

“Crazy Horse” by Larry McMurtry

“Hitler’s Scientists: Science, War, and the Devil’s Act” by John Cornwell

“A Beautiful Mind” by Sylvian Nasar

“Confederates in the Attic” by Tony Horwitz

“Ultimate Punishment” by Scott Turow

“All for the Union” by Elijah Hunt Rhodes.

“Ghost soldiers [the forgotten epic story of World War II’s most dramatic mission]” by Hampton Sides