It's fall, and many people are going back to school. I'm not among them, but I've rarely gone to school for my education. There are several topics I've been studying though, or interested in, so in the spirit of the season I decided to formalize my study of these topics this semester. So what am I going to be learning through the end of the year?

Hey intrepid readers, I'm flying out to California this weekend for my Great-Uncle's 90th birthday party. This won't interrupt my article posting, since I have no regular schedule, but is likely to interrupt the thus-far-continuous stream of links on the left sidebar. Tell me what you think of that, by the way. I've also added a place to comment just under my photo on the right.

I could say more, but my plane leaves in 8 hours, and I still need to take care of a few things. Check out some links, leave a comment, have a good time. I'll be back Monday.

I've read his book Free to Choose and watched much of the show; I recommend them to anyone with an interest in real economics. If you're a big fan of Keynesian economics, you'll find this ridiculous. Or you'll learn something. Relevant quotes from elsewhere:

I got a virus a while back, and for the most part wasn't able to fix it with my Avast anti-virus ware. One file kept giving me trouble. So I booted into linux (which was already installed) and swapped that file out for another copy which had been archived a while back. That worked fine, but I still was getting an alert that automatic updates were off. Today I decided to do something about that.