Teach me about the internet

I just read this story (via valleywag) about someone wiring low-income housing projects in San Fran, so that now they'll have way speedier internet connection than even the rich folk.

It's been years now since we've been talking here and we agree that you've gotta have internet, I mean it's one of the basic human needs ;)
...but why is it still so slow and scarce...in Nigeria, even in Egypt? Who knows about this web network thing - teach us something we don't know.
Internet in Naija should be abundant, free-flowing - more like oil and less like blood diamonds.

Cool for School

Does Your Major Matter?
"Our results imply that given a student's ability, achievement and effort, his or her earnings do not vary all that greatly with the choice of undergraduate major."
"Now, to be fair, they do vary greatly by two things:" Read the entire article here. It has a nugget for everybody - pre-uni, working, and parents too.

Fun blog

Speaking of money...as usual...here's a nice money blog
http://makemoneythebestway.blogspot.com/