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Zimbabwe Dollar

Sunday, 3 May, 2009

The first Zimbabwean dollar was introduced in 1980 and replaced the Rhodesian dollar at par. The initial ISO 4217 code was ZWD. At the time of its introduction, the Zimbabwean dollar was worth more than the U.S. dollar, with ZWD 1 = USD 1.47. However, the currency’s value eroded rapidly over the years. On 26 [...]

dreams and earthquakes

Saturday, 2 May, 2009

I experienced a tremendously vivid dream about an earthquake today. Turns out there was a 4.4 near LA today. My dream was about a major one in the Bay Area and it was pretty intense. Thought I’d post about P-waves….

P-waves are type of elastic wave, also called seismic waves, that can travel [...]