Tuesday, May 3, 2011

My May Podcast Highlights

Software Engineering Radio had a very interesting interview with Andrew Brownsword on Modern Game Design and Development.

Very poignant and brusk interview with Ayende Rahien on the topic of Criticism on This Developer's Life.  Then I went back to episode 1.0.9 on Management to hear about leaving the developer's mindset and enter the world of meetings.

Buck Woody gives an insightful interview on Deep Fried Bytes.

Glenn Block of MEF fame is interview on .NET Rocks about his work in the WCF Community on CodePlex.  He clarifies the definition of the word RESTful.

Freeman Dyson is in his late 80's, yet is mind is sharp while his speech is slow.  He discusses a range of topics on science and economics with the host of EconTalk Russ Roberts.  And don't forget the see The Fight of the Century rap video.

Monday, May 2, 2011

May Money Matters

5/2/2011 - Silver is high and volatile.  SLV dropped hard today.  Cummins (CMI) and Caterpillar (CAT) Millicom (MICC) may be done rising.  Cliffs (CLF) is heading down.  Crown Castle continues its drop back to support.  PPH the Pharm index is nonstop up and definately needs a breather -- either stop out or hedge with a PUT.  Same for Merck (MRK) only it is about done filling the gap.  ABX is heading down again, however it never saw the highs of the other gold issues, an interesting factor is the high amount of volume.

5/18/2011 - The SLV PUT worked out well.  Exiting the trade early didn't full capture the move, but who expected such a dramatic fall for the shiny metal.