April 2009
25 posts
Totsites | Baby Websites →
In honor of the NBA Playoffs, a gem from Bill...
Walton: John Stockton is one of the true marvels, not just of basketball, or in America, but in the history of Western Civilization!
Tom: Wow, that’s a pretty strong statement. I guess I don’t have a good handle on world history.
Walton: Well Tom, that’s because you didn’t go to UCLA.
WatchThe Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination | Harvard Magazine
““If one were to trade the S&P 500 for one day, the probability of losing...”
– Why I Fired My Broker - The Atlantic (May 2009)
“If you’ve never missed a flight, you spent too much time in the airport.”
– - Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal -
How Launching Before Being Perfect Helped Kiva Change The World. - The Premal Shah Interview : Mixergy.com
Announcing The TechFellow Awards With Founders... →
“Jounalism Online, LLC has a chance of doing something pretty great, if they...”
– For those in the know… Dimeit is the answer
(via rafer with some paraphrasing)
On object lesson in walls « BuzzMachine
Rafer sez:
As rarely as I agree with Jeff “There is so Free Lunch” Jarvis, he’s really on to the right thing here. I’m embarassed that it didn’t occur to me before....
“The lesson I would draw isn’t that we shouldn’t try to reform health care, or...”
– Kausfiles : Even Tim Noah is Kidding Himself About Health Care Costs
Mickey Kaus channels Mikey B
(via adamkatz)
I reblog this b/c 1) it’s a good find by AK and 2) I like the concept of mirrors facing each other; you are in a never ending echo chamber… keep clicking back and...
50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice (A Takedown of... →
Every once in a while snobbery about writing can be a delight to read…
Great passage:
Some of the recommendations are vapid, like “Be clear” (how could one disagree?). Some are tautologous, like “Do not explain too much.” (Explaining too much means explaining more than you should, so of course you shouldn’t.) Many are useless, like “Omit needless...
“Truly free markets depend on two essential ingredients to succeed. The first is...”
– Donnie Fowler: How Bush Ruined the Free Market
The piece overall is “eh,” but this part is nicely put
With Finance Disgraced, Which Career Will Be King?... →
Big City - Skadden, Arps Offers Lawyer $80,000 to... →
Why Does Health Care Cost So Much? - The Atlantic... →
An interesting piece which makes the point that healthcare costs a lot in the U.S. because a) we’re rich and the incremental benefits are how we’ve decided to spend our $$ and b) our labor costs are high — both of which make a lot of sense. It’s worth considering still, that we don’t really look around and see all that many people in the medical industry getting...
BabyJellyBeans | Baby Websites | Totspot Blog →
Part of our comparison of baby websites. Part 2: BabyJellyBeans vs TotSpot.
Babysites | Baby Websites | Totspot Blog →
Part of our comparison of baby websites. Part 1: Babysites vs TotSpot.
WatchHELLOOOOOO [Los Angeles x Dallas x New York] BLOG » Blog Archive » Sacha Baron Cohen in “Bruno” (International Red Band Trailer)
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Economic View - Why Creditors Should Suffer, Too -... →
This is well put, though perhaps too measured & nice on the creditors that are literally picking the pockets of American taxpayers…
