John Budnik

I like this for the Argentinean economy. Less debt equals a stronger economy. However, while this will reduce inflation and increase the purchasing power of ordinary Argentinians, this may make it more difficult to sell Argentinean products abroad. - John Budnik

@Mario Sundar and @Robert Scoble: Damn the video is gone. What did it reveal? - Nicholas Helke via NoiseRiver

You can get to the video following this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - John Budnik

I just watched Oprah on Youtube. What was I thinking? - possible248

It sounds as though the facts are starting to support my hypothesis that the lack of available credit would help correct the inflationary trends. I even said that I believed 'the worst was over' regarding inflation, but this has yet to be proven definitively by the markets. - John Budnik

Was this any surprise after the crack down on 'preferred lenders'? - John Budnik

This is great advice for anyone who has to make presentations, whether in tech or not. - John Budnik

I never met him, but Bernie Mac just seemed like a warm, genuine guy. I'm sorry to hear about his passing. - John Budnik

Maybe the Y Combinator model is too messy for a big company like Microsoft, but Google seems to be doing a good job of promoting innovation through their app engine. Google and Amazon (even with the recent challenges with S3) are helping developers reduce the time and cost of bringing new ideas to market. There may be some way for Microsoft to explore creating external pipelines for new ideas that are not as labor intensive as is Y Combinator. - John Budnik

This is a great look at old Las Vegas. What I liked most was the sense of elegance the town exuded. - John Budnik

I have been very disappointed with the TV shows and movies I can get on iTunes. Hulu is better, but I've probably been spoiled by NetFlix, which has just about any program I could want. - John Budnik

http://bibliotech.livejournal.... mostly about ranting/fandom and sci-fi type stuff. - eve shot first

http://silas216.com. A little bit of everything. - Steven Perez

I've just started blogging about economics and monetary police at http://www.johnbudnik.com/blog . I'm not sure that anyone will find it particularly interesting, but I have gotten a few people following me on FF based on earlier comments on monetary policy. - John Budnik

China seems to be on the path toward responding to market forces through incremental steps. This means that it had to take gradual steps to increase its valuation. However, the Chinese government can't control market forces and it's currency will respond accordingly regardless of it's "official" valuation. I wouldn't say that their currency is a "sure bet", however. They have started to make credit more liberal (though only 5% more accessible), which will none the less have an inflationary impact on their economy and create a somewhat devalued currency. That doesn't reverse the overriding trend, but it is something to consider as a source of possible instability in the currency. - John Budnik

My big worry is his taking over banking. Honestly, there are few things more important to defending freedom than monetary policy and credit policies. - John Budnik

I'm no lawyer and I don't want to get into a political discussion, but it seems like they're making a bigger deal of this than it actually is. That's expected from the defense; it's their job to vigorously defend their clients. However, to claim that someone involved with Al Queda is engaged in a random act of violence rather than being part of a coordinated effort is not taking this organization at its face value. An excellent book came out detailing their efforts before 9/11 called "In the Name of Osama bin Laden" by Roland Jacquard. It was originally scheduled to be released before 9/11 and is less politicized than later books. - John Budnik

Dr. No, one of my favorite movies of all time and the first James Bond movie. Unfortunately, iTunes doesn't have it and I'm finding their movie selection pretty meager. Their download times are really slow as well. Still, it's hard to beat the convenience. - John Budnik

Hard to believe Wendy's started as a way for Dave Thomas to provide jobs for his kids and led him to create the most innovative restaurant that I know of. We still haven't felt the full impact of the ideas he came up with. He was the first to come up with the concept of separating the order and pick up at the drive through window. He was also first with the salad bar and other healthy options. Too bad the franchise couldn't capitalize on these ideas after his passing. - John Budnik

In reference to an earlier posting about bringing back egg creams. - John Budnik

These ideas never seem to work out. Ford tried it with the Model T only to be outpaced by GM. Hitler tried it with VolksWagon (literally the people's wagon), which only succeeded under other management. Can it work this time? - John Budnik

I hope so, I've always enjoyed this drink and the Lou Reed song. - John Budnik

I tried for an hour today to get my NetShare working on my 3G iPhone and my Windows Vista machine. I followed the directions people had posted on the Web but failed over and over. My son got his to work on his Mac, though. Sigh. I guess I gotta be 14 to get this to work. :-) - Robert Scoble

I, along with many others I'm sure, was able to purchase and download NetShare with no abuse of the system that's in place. So if Apple cripples or disables NetShare, are they going to refund the purchase price? Do they have the right to legally speaking? Seems like a slippery slope! - Paul Reynolds

The problem is that Apple's contract with AT&T is directly involved ( I'm assumeing thats why its blocked). So what takes precedence? Apples duty to you,the consumer? The creators of Netshare's duty to you, the consumer? Or Apples duty to AT&T? Apple take their loyal fan base for granted a little too often, I think. - Roberto Bonini

"Hudson's is a gem. It's hard to find good brunch places, especially since they closed Annie's on 3rd and 79th. This place can't be beat. I regularly come down from the Upper East Side to have…" - John Budnik

"This place is great. When I'm looking for an upscale Chinese restaurant, Nancy Lee's Pig Heaven can't be beat." - John Budnik

"Normally, I would have given this three stars, but it's tough to find good, reliable, inexpensive Chinese food in the city. There are even healthy options, including brown rice. I always make sure…" - John Budnik

Friendfeed's growth is starting to slow. I am not adding as many followers as I did in May and June. And this chart on GTrends seems to back up my hypothesis. - Steve Rubel via Bookmarklet

It's had similar drops throughout it's rise so I don't think that is too significant! - Joe Dawson (beta)

Compete: FriendFeed grows as well as Twitter http://siteanalytics.compete.c... - Igor Poltavskiy

"The people at Spring Cleaners are professional and friendly. I have been using their services for almost three years and haven't had any problems. If you need your pants hemmed, they're good, but I…" - John Budnik

"This restaurant was recommended to me by a friend. The food was amazing. I had the best frutti del mar of my life there. The atmosphere is pleasant and it's not too noisy to have a conversation. I…" - John Budnik

Hopefully our politicians, most notably Obama, take note and follow Brown's example in this instance. - John Budnik