larger scale calculations reveal return on investment / value for money... of money

The coin worth less than any other in the world
By Laura Gray BBC News 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21572359

What can you buy with a penny?
Right now, a penny doesn't even buy a penny.

Citizens to Retire the Penny is a non-partisan organization dedicated to educating the public on the advantages of retiring the penny from general circulation. It accepts no corporate sponsorship of any kind.
http://www.retirethepenny.org/

Will the butthole be unbroken? Gibby Haines meets Jack White

Gibby Haynes Meets Jack White
The sometime Butthole Surfer teams up with the former White Stripes frontman for a new single.
by Andy Langer / Texas Monthly
Wed February 13, 2013 11:00 am


http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/gibby-haynes-meets-jack-white

Wendell Berry - the 50 year farm bill

The 50-Year Farm Bill

By Wendell Berry
Nov 13 2012

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/the-50-year-farm-bill/265099/

keep pushing the lever for the pellet

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"We chose Badgeville because they came to the table with a whole suite of expertise, in loyalty, gamification, and behavioral psychology."

http://badgeville.com/

14 new episodes of Arrested Development / 2013

Fourteen new episodes of the comedy axed by Fox will be shown on Netflix in May and are intended as a prelude to an Arrested Development film

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/jan/10/arrested-development-returns-may-planned-film

new Thurston Moore project & tour / sonic youth

new Thurston Moore project & tour

http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2013/01/10/chelsea-light-moving-self-titled-debut-album-coming-march-5-u-s-tour-dates/

Sat-Mar-02 Hoboken, NJ Maxwells
Mon-Mar-04 Charlottesville, VA The Southern
Tue-Mar-05 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle
Wed-Mar-06 Raleigh, NC Kings Barcade
Thu-Mar-07 Savannah, GA Savannah Stopover
Fri-Mar-08 Atlanta, GA The Earl
Sun-Mar-10 Denton, TX 35 Denton
Tue-Mar-19 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex
Wed-Mar-20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Fri-Mar-22 Portland, OR Doug Fir
Sat-Mar-23 Seattle, WA Neumo’s
Wed-Mar-27 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
Fri-Mar-29 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Sat-Mar-30 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Sun-Mar-31 Toronto, ONT Lee’s Palace
Tue-Apr-02 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls
Wed-Apr-03 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
Thu-Apr-04 Washington, DC Black Cat
Fri-Apr-05 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Sun-Apr-07 Boston, MA The Sinclair

DOS memory broken by microsoft windows XP update updates EMS

DOS based application no longer running under XP?

You need to roll back a windows update.

see:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itproxpsp/thread/e23d7e3d-3b43-458a-8757-925908e0a72c


and

Windows XP: Restore EMS (expanded memory) after 10 October 2012 Windows update

http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/showthread.php?34748-Windows-XP-Restore-EMS-%28expanded-memory%29-after-10-October-2012-Windows-update&p=238767