June 2010
18 posts
The Petraeus Workout →
The general’s infamous, run-til-you-drop exercise regimens are often called crazy. But Chris McDougall says commanders with the most obsessive fitness routines are the ones who win wars.
You can’t…
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The Best Vacation Ever →
How should you spend your time off? Believe it or not, science has some answers.
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Seven Myths About Grilling a Steak →
Another scalp is on the wall. Government officials will erect even higher walls...
– Op-Ed Columnist - General McChrystal and the Culture of Exposure - NYTimes.com
Apple Nation →
Virgin America Offers Free Flights to Twitter... →
smart marketing
Can’t we all agree that sitting in a windowless office going through boxes and...
– Skadden Needs Interviewees to be More Prepared Than Its Hiring Partner « Above the Law: A Legal Tabloid - News, Gossip, and Colorful Commentary on Law Firms and the Legal Profession
lol. I got here from this nyt article on law school grade inflation.
SPaceX operates with really with a sort of Silicon Valley operating system and...
– peHUB » Elon Musk on Why His Rockets Are Faster, Cheaper and Lighter Than What You’ve Seen Before
Very badass. Elon Musk is one of my entrepreneurial heros. Just read his bio. The problems he’s seeking to solve relegates so much else into just noise…
TOLD-YA →
(there should be a way to reblog your own old posts)
Express YO-self: Funny Stories About Mom and... →
Danny B has a blog, and he’s writing about his mom and grandma; which means, he’s writing about my mom and grandma! Oh snap. I may chime in with stories of my own, but for now Express YO-self goes on the must read list.
Playing for the World →
Why football—please don’t call it soccer—is the most important sport in history: a lingua franca for 204 countries, an expression of national identity, and a powerful link between multi-millionaire athletes and the man on the street.
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Web Services as Governments (Union Square... →
This spring Apple, Facebook, and Twitter, made controversial announcements. Apple announced the terms of service for the iPhone OS 4, that restricted how applications developers could use analytics…
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AT&T’s $20 charge just to enable tethering is bullshit
– Daring Fireball: The Good and the Bad Regarding AT&T’s New Data Plans
How many governments in the world hold in their charter an explicit goal of obliterating a neighboring state?