Topics discussed (updating as we go):

• Cotton; international trade;
• Texas and water rights; Shell in the Rockies
• The Occupy movement; Bloomberg at dinner
• SXSW
• 5by5
• game development, in Austin and in general; Garriott
• fireworks in Chicago
• Internet TV
• the POS that is the Sprint Overdrive
• Apple, iCloud, etc.
• political parties; Tea Party and OWS; Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, et al
• alternative currencies, banking history, BitCoin, buying heroin on Silk Road, etc.