1. I haven't mentioned this here, but we did manage to sell our condo and we're in the process of buying a house now (still dealing, nervously, with inspections and the resulting renegotaitions, but basically done). But this blog on the housing bubble is full of sobering thoughts and links for the would-be buyer (I can just about feel comfortable reading it now, because of, well, sunk costs...). The link comes by way of Joshua Andrews (yes, that Joshua Andrews) who has a new and entertaining blog.
2. I meant to post a link to this article announcing the death of mechanical engineering before, to juxtapose it with this question about double clutching (which was nicely answered by a couple of commenters). In light of the piece, maybe I won't waste any more time trying to figure out what synchromesh is. Oh -- the link is also meant as a bit of a warning for my brother in law, who just graduated high school and plans to study mechanical engineering. Maybe he could be part of an old guard?
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