February 2012
1 post
January 2012
1 post
Gutted
I am absolutely gutted that I’m not going to be in “Manehattan” this summer for Bronycon
C’est la vie :(
July 2011
7 posts
Nice coverage of Groupon →
Groupon is essentially holding a portfolio of loans backed by the receivables of small businesses. Perfect storm…
There is no reason to share this link →
June 2011
4 posts
May 2011
18 posts
“A look at Aaron Sorkin’s media diet. I could care less about Sorkin, but his...”
– http://blog.matthewnewton.us/post/5605643635/yahoo-comments-as-klan-meeting
Stellar.io shout out →
Stellar helps you discover and keep track of your favorite things on the web.
I’ve been using this and really like it.
Chalk 6 →
An anecdote about how Charles Schwab wordlessly motivated the workers in one of his steel mills.
HHMI vs NIH →
Interesting take on funding an exceptional person or an exceptional idea. One makes rational sense and the other tends to be more successful…
Etched Leather Artwork →
side note: the second image looks like a scalp.
Werner Herzog quote of the day →
I think psychology and self-reflection is one of the major catastrophes of the twentieth century. A major, major mistake. And it’s only one of the mistakes of the twentieth century, which makes me think that the twentieth century in its entirety was a mistake.
500 worst passwords of all time, all time →
spoiler alert: here are the top ten
123456
password
12345678
1234
pussy
12345
dragon
qwerty
696969
mustang
Robert Krulwich Graduation Speech at Berkeley... →
If you can… fall in love, with the work, with people you work with, with your dreams and their dreams. Whatever it was that got you to this school, don’t let it go. Whatever kept you here, don’t let that go. Believe in your friends. Believe that what you and your friends have to say… that the way you’re saying it – is something new in the world.
Mandatory reading. →
The role of affect in deciding is really fascinating…
Reasoning is actually suffused with emotion (or what researchers often call “affect”). Not only are the two inseparable, but our positive or negative feelings about people, things, and ideas arise much more rapidly than our conscious thoughts, in a matter of milliseconds—fast enough to detect with an EEG device, but long...
Interesting: Think global. Travel local →
This is a good idea.
You will certainly find exotic getaways on Trazzler. But our recommendations are local, encouraging more frequent, shorter trips.
Fascinum →
be sure to scroll down to the etymology part
“The key thing to remember, always, is what the federal government does: it is...”
– Paul Krugman
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/why-spending-must-rise/
Talk to the Face: NPR Three-Minute Fiction →
talktotheface:
NPR occasionally holds a Three-Minute Fiction contest. The guidelines are simple. Write a short story under 600 words and follow a simple rule. For Round 6, the rule was that a character had to tell a joke and someone had to cry. NPR’s joke was that I wasn’t one of the 20 finalists….
April 2011
7 posts
Sounds good. →
HOUSE MUSIC
[Image: “Pass the Mic” by Sean Galbraith]. The company Airborne Sound has a near-infinite website on which you can listen to royalty-free sound effects for everyday scenarios like dishwashers, traffic noise,office ambiance, overhead helicopters, vacuum cleaners, elevator shafts,construction sites, and more.
Something every city needs →
fantastic bike trail and ride maps
Outdoor Medicine →
Medicine for the Outdoors
There is nothing in this book that you don’t need to know. You don’t have to commit the book to memory but I would encourage you to know what’s in it and how to find it quickly. My first duty as a Scout leader is the safety and well-being of our Scouts at an age when they are poor judges of risk and have a propensity to overestimate their capacities. I need to know how...
March 2011
3 posts
I wonder
what Elian Gonzalez is up to right now.
February 2011
3 posts
Album Week: Call for help (not urgent nor an... →
onealbumeachweek:
I have been challenged by a friend to do something that initially sounded like a lot of fun, and turned out to be incredibly tough for several reasons. Here’s the challenge, and some of that other stuff below.
A mutual friend has a ~12 year old daughter who is fantastic, well-adjusted, etc., but…
How Entrepreneurs Think →
Interesting article.
Sarasvathy explains that entrepreneurs’ aversion to market research is symptomatic of a larger lesson they have learned: They do not believe in prediction of any kind. “If you give them data that has to do with the future, they just dismiss it,” she says. “They don’t believe the future is predictable…or they don’t want to be in a...
December 2010
5 posts
White Christmas in Atlanta. Snowball fight just checked off to do list.
