Re: “Without a bigger stimulus, it’ll be 1937 all over again,” July 5 Paul Krugman column. In 1921, the S&P 500 had lost one- third of its value, industrial production declined by 31 percent and unemployment averaged 11.7 percent amid a time of deflation that the country had never seen. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates and the president and Congress decreased taxes on corporations and individuals as well as cut the capital gains tax. Finally, they cut federal spending by 7 percent.

Albert Hoffman wrote Steve Jobs a letter just after his 101st birthday asking Steve Jobs to help fund some research. Hoffman’s son, as the executor of his estate, has published the letter . Various Apple patent applications have been published from the US Patent and Trademark Office. One of the more interesting ones is Object Recognition . Safari was updated yesterday to 4.0.2 patching two highly critical flaws that affect both the Windows and Mac versions of Safari.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday applauded Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner’s decision to reject the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s request for a pure premium rate increase that would have had an overwhelmingly negative impact on businesses, employees and California’s economy. “Since taking office, I’ve fought to reduce workers’ compensation insurance rates so that businesses can thrive and create jobs in California,” said Governor Schwarzenegger.

Brandon Buck – Amateur Extraordinaire by Brandon Buck Last week I was doing my morning run (and by “run,” I mean walk halfway down the block and have 2 grilled cheese bagels sprinkled with smore’s flavored protein powder), and down the block were two men crouching next to a company van. Did they hit something? Didn’t look like it. Then I noticed two large paint buckets, one of them being poured out by one of the men. I moved a little closer and saw that the van was a carpet cleaning service, and the water they were dumping out was blue and foamy.

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