in the news

hum, it's been a while since i really read the news. today i went through my colossel google reader pile up of news. here's what i learned:

• Bill Gates is stepping down as CEO of Microsoft to do philanthropy with the Gates Foundation full-time. kudos Bill!
• Inflation was expected at 1.7%. Actual is 3.3% to date
• Apple is expected to miss it's quarter earnings. But then again, 43% of college undergrads that plan to buy a computer this fall will buy a Mac. I support that haha. My MacBook Pro is super.
• Sri Lanka is growing as a country with strong ethical clothing manufacturing
• the SEC is changing accounting standards from GAAP to international standards. good stuff. it's about time. metric system next right?
• Obama can spend 10 minutes just saying, "Thank you."

ok...so it's very dark right now and this shuttle is taking a very different route than usual. hum...