Muninn has made my Pinyin Tone Tool into something more useful– an OS X dashboard widget!
I’m happy to announce the results of a few hours of tinkering: The Pinyin Tone Widget. This OS X dashboard widget will take a series of Chinese pinyin words with tone numbers appended at the end of each syllable and [...]

Here’s the mid-2007 update for my portfolio. All the quotes are from the close of June 1, 2007. As usual, I’m not posting my IRA investments.

The rumors are true! Apple has just released a new intel-based iMac. According to Apple, the new iMacs to begin shipping on Tuesday are based on Intel Core Duo microchips and are “two to three times faster” than current iMacs.
Also on the upside for Apple, it’s the fastest growing of the top five [...]

Stocks I’ve bought this year:

Symbol
Shares
Current Price
Current Value
Purchase Date
Cost
$ Gain
% Gain

BWLD
40
33.21
1,328.40
02/28/2005
1,500.00
-171.60
-11.44

BWLD
40
33.21
1,328.40
05/05/2005
1,160.00
168.40
14.52

COLM
40
47.73
1,909.20
06/30/2005
1,950.80
-41.60
-2.13

FHR
50
42.41
2,120.50
08/02/2005
1,611.50
509.00
31.59

FLML
80 [...]