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There was an interesting post on the Freakonomics blog yesterday about a gentleman who arranges soda bottles in a very artsy (somewhat Mondrian, apparently) fashion. Go have a look, I’ll wait! Lately, I’ve been talking to several people who seem to hate their jobs. When I saw this, I was reminded how a little bit of [...] Came across this scary article last week… “…Israeli military leaders have begun early planning for a new, robotic defense system, armed with enough artificial intelligence that it ‘could take over completely’ from flesh-and-blood operators. ‘It will be designed for… autonomous operations,’…” Israel Eyes Thinking Machines to Fight ‘Doomsday’ Missile Strikes via BoingBoing In case you don’t know what [...] This evening I picked up Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t by Jim Collins. I read the first paragraph and was reminded of this quote one of my grade 9 teachers used to say to us all the time… I also have a hard time believing that grade 9 was [...] “One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted. Most people are rather confident of their ability to recognize bullshit and to avoid being taken in by it. So the [...] 2009-12-06 Update: Sadly, it appears this blog does not exist anymore! Another addition to the “Blogs I Enjoy” section: GDIFC This [somewhat] true to life blog was recommended to me by one my colleagues last March, which would appear to be around the time the site first got started. Since it’s an anonymous blog, you can gather some [...] You have 2 ears and 1 mouth, so keeping to that ratio, you should be doing twice as much listening as talking. Anyone who knows me at all knows that I talk A LOT. My ratio is probably closer to 2 ears and 4 (maybe 5) mouths. I’ve come to realize though, that in serious [...] I got a call from a telemarketer a few minutes ago saying I had won a vacation. I’ve received these annoying calls (from other places) before on my cell, so I decided to mess with them. I was a telemarketer once, so I know the WORST thing you can do is string [...] January 9th has always been somewhat of a special day for me. It’s the day of the year that has the most birthdays of people I know. All of these people have had a positive impact on my life at some point or another… My father – The best overall role model anyone could have…and I’m [...] Wow, here comes the mother of all [crazy] US law suits…it seems that Katrina victims have finally put a price tag on their suffering! What’s the exact number? $3,014,170,389,176,410 $3Q of that is from a single plaintiff… From the AP Over the Christmas holidays my sister told me that one of her friends had bought a Nintendo Wii for $320 and that he managed to sell it on Ebay for $450. As Christmas got closer, the price of Wiis on Ebay had shot up closer to $700 for the basic package. About 2 weeks [...] |
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