Thumbs Up to Fiennes

Ralph Finnes has done an excellent job directing and starring in his movie adaptation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus. Similar to Richard Loncraine's movie production of Richard III, Finnes sets the story in modern times. Many scenes open with CNN-like updates of the war between Rome and its southern neighbor, Volsci. The Roman forces are dressed and armed like typical NATO forces while the Volscians look more like Balkan partisans.

CFTC Won't Make SEF Deadline

No, it's not a reported fact, but just a humble opinion in this week's Friday Musing that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is overoptimistic in its belief that it will have all of the necessary Dodd-Frank rule making completed by the middle of this quarter.

Disagree? Let me know your thoughts on the matter.

Fun with Quantum Levitation

Okay Japan Institute of Science and Technology, I want one.

Mashups for the Masses

About a day ago, I started playing with a beta online service #IFTTT, which rhymes with "lift" and is an abbreviation for "If This, Then That."

Its name sums it up nicely. It takes events from approximately 30 popular social media services - Twitter, Tumblr, WordPress and etc. - and lets users create actions based on those events.

Happy Holidays

I've started my Christmas vacation, so I'm not sure how often I will be in front of the computer over the next few weeks. I wish you and yours a happy set holidays and that you'll enjoy this ode to Calvin and Hobbes' cartoonist Bill Watterson.