If you haven't heard there is a bit of an economic crisis at hand. At its root, as far as I can understand, are home prices and bad mortgages. This chart by a Yale economist predicts a 43.5% correction in US home prices by 2011. Thanks to Ian for the link.  •  The joy of living on PEI in this time …

Zap Your PRAM is a lot like good Scotch. It’s hard to find the right words to describe it. Instead of offering a feeble overview of an amazing four days with amazing people I’m simply going to offer a few sample Zap nuggets.  •  Rob Paterson blew my mind with a notion that money, in many cases, is …

It's time. Zap Your PRAM kicks off today. People are making their way across the continent and in fact from around the world to come to our dorky little nonference.  •  Let the good times roll.

Apparently it has something to do with being a resource based economy. Whatever the cause, our dollar is loosing its value against the US dollar. Being a company that has a lot of US based clients this is a very good thing for us. We'll keep our fingers crossed that it will offset the downside …

I'm committing a bit of heresy. A fellow co-worker told me this morning that there was a piece in the Guardian this past weekend stating that many of those who have been reporting in the local news about the immigrant investment going ons have actually benefited (i.e. received money) from the …

During the high winds we had on Friday a blower contraption launched off the roof of an abandoned building down the street from us and crashed into the sidewalk. Thankfully no one was hurt. I've shown a sketch of its path down to earth and what could have been.  •  What are the rules when it comes …

The auditor general announced he's going to do a complete audit of the program. Hopefully he'll dig deep enough to find out if money was actually given to worthy companies, not just make sure all of the debits and credits line up.  •  I have a feeling that a lot of important and successful … read more »

So where is this $400,000,000? It would be very interesting to see the list of businesses that have received investment and how much they received. We don't need to know who the investors were/are just where the money went. Is this information made public in any way? Can we extrapolate it? Maybe …

For those of you not from Prince Edward Island, let me introduce you to a $400,000,000 scandal that is gradually picking up steam and will no doubt be making the news for some time.  •  The Executive Summary  •  PEI has an