Here are seven (or so) links at 7AM Eastern.  We will see you later with the daily linkfest.  Good luck out there.

Markets

Lessons from the Crash of 1987.  (A Dash of Insight, FT Alphaville, research puzzle pix)

Pit trading ends at the Intercontinental Exchange ($ICE) for cotton, cocoa, sugar and OJ.  (WSJ)

Technology

Why Google’s ($GOOG) earnings were disappointing: Motorola and Android.  (Pando Daily, SAI, Slate, WSJ)

Apple’s ($AAPL) forthcoming iPad Mini: questions and answers.  (Daring Fireball)

Housing

Is new housing activity gotten ahead of itself?  (Money Game)

Just how much can residential housing help the overall economy?  (FT Alphaville)

Mixed media

Six Wall Street blogs you should be reading.  (Marketwatch)

A podcast with Nate Silver author of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail – but Some Don’t.  (HBR)

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