Random

• Our Stateside bank went belly up yesterday -- "the largest U.S. bank failure ever." Of course, the FDIC covers things so we're not losing any money. Stock-holders are not nearly so fortunate. ~ link

• Some people are a lot more concerned about the economy than others. Keith Drury, who generally speaking has a great head on his shoulders, withdrew a year's worth of food money from his bank. (Some of us could live off fat for a year.) Sometimes the fear of a crisis is what fuels it. ~ link

• PIBC board member Billy Kuartei was running for vice-president of the Republic of Palau. He got bumped out of the running by less than 100 votes. ~ link

• Poynter Institute's NewsU now has a free online course covering legal issues related to online publishing (i.e. blogging) -- copyright, defamation, privacy... ~ link