July 2010
9 posts
100 million Facebook users' details published... →
This is why I make nothing available publicly on my Facebook page.
But What If We Did Secede? | Pith in the Wind |... →
What if TN seceded? We be even more landlocked than before, for starters.
“In 2008, an influential review article in The British Journal of Sports Medicine...”
– Phys Ed: Do Certain Types of Sneakers Prevent Injuries? - Well Blog - NYTimes.com … good to know before I buy new running shoes
Grist - The Rupee Gets Its Own Mark - NYTimes.com →
“A key aspect of resetting the U.S. economy is a shift from homeownership to...”
– Rentals, Reset, and Urban Revitalization - National - The Atlantic
“The final four at-large teams and final four automatic qualifiers in the newly...”
– NCAA reveals format of new 68-team tournament - ESPN
A citizen's required reading for July 4th: The... →
June 2010
9 posts
“Jeffrey and David Shiffman have turned their bathroom into a pseudo chemistry...”
– South Florida Brothers Selling Oil Spill Souvenirs | NBC Miami
“The Kings smartly grab him at No. 5. Cousins and Tyreke Evans in back-to-back...”
– Bill Simmons: 2010 NBA draft diary - ESPN
ACTUAL PAIN - MIXTAPES →
“Despite the surge in federal debt to the public during the past 18 months—to...”
– Alan Greenspan: U.S. Debt and the Greece Analogy - WSJ.com
“In times like these, deficit spending to pump up the economy doesn’t make...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Prune and Grow - NYTimes.com
WatchSunday Best NYC - Michael Mayer - Live At Sunday Best (May 30, 2010) - SoundCloud
You Are Not So Smart →
Digital Pick: Type Casting : The New Yorker →
CitID, an ambitious project from the design firm Norwegian Ink, is trying to answer the question by inviting artists and designers to submit a logo or typeface for “every city worldwide; big or small, rich or poor, famous or infamous, well-known or unheard-of.”
“It is my contention that China produces GDP growth without per capita wealth...”
– FT.com / UK - Why our elites are wrong on Asian business model
May 2010
7 posts
Marginal Revolution: The Dark Magic of Structured... →
Great post on structured finance, with Excel spreadsheet containing calculations. Explains how mortgages were turned into CDOs and how a small change in the underlying default rate can have a big impact on the CDO’s probability of default.
WatchThe Daily Swarm - How Janet Hansen Gave Daft Punk and Kanye ‘That Laser Look’…
“NatWest, NatWest-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds
Blackhorse apocalypse
Death...”
– Manic Street Preachers - “Natwest-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds” Lyrics — 17 years before the banking crisis
“The key data point in Moody’s view is the size of federal interest...”
– U.S. Debt Shock May Hit In 2018, Maybe As Soon As 2013: Moody’s - IBD - Investors.com
April 2010
6 posts
Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War -... →
March 2010
12 posts
SolarBeat - A Musical Example of Planets Orbiting... →
Fun, musical and educational. But, sorry, Pluto is no longer a planet.
1870 Census: radicalcartography →
Official Google Blog: Biking directions added to... →
“The Office of Management and Budget estimates that in the absence of massive...”
– What is the National Debt? | Capital Gains and Games
“Japan is land of the abundant “Famous For Being Famous” class of...”
– Japan: It’s Not Funny Anymore - tim rogers - Kotaku
“Not since the Beach Boys were in peach fuzz and crew cuts has it been so safe to...”
– Marginal Revolution: Los Angeles fact of the day
Silicon Alley Insider | Chart of the Day: Daily... →
February 2010
7 posts
Twitter / Alexander Chernykh: Killer line by... →
14 of the stupidest things ever said in sales... →
“Manhattan may boast the highest concentration of high-end restaurants in the...”
– The Hungry Metropolis - Saveur.com
The NBA's Locker-Room Nerds - WSJ.com →
To quote Bill Hicks, “Whatcha Reading For?”
WatchFRONTLINE: Tonight - Flying Cheap | PBS
“Success also planted the seeds of disaster by creating self-defeating...”
– Samuelson: Economy Doesn’t Go Bust Often Enough - Newsweek.com