Category Archives: Exclusives

Publish dynamic charts to wordpress

By Demian Perry | Published: 16 Jul 2010
Last year, I wrote a piece on how to chart financial data with php.  That was before I discovered the flexibility of google docs.  A pure php / mysql solution with a web proxy and jquery is more flexible, but it requires server access and the ability to set up a remote database.
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Risk: an unconventional approach

By Demian Perry | Published: 10 Jul 2010
The comedian Robert “Bobcat” Goldthwaite had a routine about bad ideas, like the day someone decided to cook with an open flame on the Hindenburg.  Or, in all seriousness, someone decided that it was a good idea to board an airship attached to a giant ball of flammable gas.  What drives humans to make such [...]
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Why do wages rise in a recession?

By Demian Perry | Published: 07 Sep 2009
This morning, Rutgers University released its Labor Scorecard, which confirmed the high unemployment figures published by the Labor Department earlier this week.  Someone in the PR department at Rutgers caught this report on its way out the door and added a little spice to the press release, noting that “though unemployment has risen in 2009 [...]
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