February 2009
37 posts
Berkshire’s worst year ever →
The new Annual Report is out, including the yearly Letter to Shareholders.
“[T]he real standard of living for Americans improved nearly seven-fold during...”
– Warren Buffett in his Letter to Shareholders accompanying the 2008 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Report
How A Newspaper Covers Its Own Demise, Video... →
Today’s Rocky Mountain News was its last, as E.W. Scripps (SSP) shut down the 150-year-old newspaper. Yesterday, we brought you how the newspaper covered its own demise.
Today, the …
Viagra orgy leads to man's death →
Serge Tuganov, 28, of Moscow, accepted a $4000+ bet from two women that he couldn’t handle a 12-hour sex marathon with them. According to KTLA News, he won by downing a bottle of viagra. But right…
How A Newspaper Covers Its Own Demise, Video... →
Today’s Rocky Mountain News was its last, as E.W. Scripps (SSP) shut down the 150-year-old newspaper. Yesterday, we brought you how the newspaper covered its own demise.
Today, the …
Think fast and be happy →
A new study suggests that thinking quickly can boost your mood. It’s not clear precisely why this is the case, but it seems that people believe that fast thinking is a sign of a good mood. Also,…
Berkshire Hathaway Needs Jumper Cables →
Despite the hits to his portfolio, we’ve been Warren Buffett defenders*, arguing that the financial crisis has only enhanced his reputation since it’s shown that he’s been wearing swim trunks…
John Gruber (Daring Fireball): Untitled Document... →
PHOTO: Less as a sales tool: five by Haagen-Dazs →
Less as a sales tool: five by Haagen-Dazs. “All-natural ice cream crafted with only five ingredients for incredibly pure, balanced flavor… and surprisingly less fat!” Ingredients: skim milk,…
Petty Cartels →
Entrepreneur Erroll Tyler doesn’t want a bailout, his amphibian tour buses don’t needing bailing out. What he does want is to bring his service to Boston but a local cartel appear to have a lock on…
Five tips for better online surveys →
Every question you ask is expensive. (Expensive in terms of loyalty and goodwill). Don’t ask a question unless you truly care about the answer. This means that a vague question with vague answers…
GlaxoSmithKline to cut prices in poor countries,... →
Research on snap judgments based on people's faces →
New Scientist reports on the research of Princeton University’s Alexander Todorov, who finds that “snap judgments are based on an ‘overgeneralization’ of an evolved need to read facial…
On Darwin's birthday, 4 in 10 believe in evolution →
Gallup poll shows that 39% of people in the U.S. believe in the theory of evolution. Other graphs on the page show that level of education is correlated with a belief in evolution (belief…
“Formal education will make you a living; self education will make you a fortune.”
– Jim Rohn
Anouk gaat ING redden. Weet je. →
ING leeuwtje
Tough cookie Anouk (33) wordt de nieuwe ster in de Postbank-en-ING-samen-sterk-commercials. Want, zo legt directievoorzitter van ING Nederland Nick Jue uit: ‘Anouk past bij wat…
Impossible To Live On $500,000 In Manhattan →
As surviving Wall Streeters confront the reality of government-imposed pay caps, the NYT dutifully recalculates the cost of an upper-middle-class Upper East Side existence.
Bottom line?
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“It was about September 15th [sic]. … On Thursday at about 11 o’clock in the...”
– Paul Kedrosky: Congress Spooked in September By Massive Financial System Run Underway?
Roken was dodelijk →
Onderzoekers aan de universiteit van Boston werken aan een pilletje dat de negatieve gevolgen van roken kan neutraliseren. Hoewel nog niet commercialiseerbaar zou het onderzoek een schat aan…
Passwords From PHPBB Attack Analyzed →
Robert David Graham writes “The hacker who broke into phpbb.com posted the passwords online. I was sent the password list, so I ran it through my analysis tools and posted the results. Nothing…
Amazon Kindle 2 Images and Price Leaked →
Crunch Network: CrunchBoard because it’s time for you to find a new Job2.0
StumbleUpon Hits 7 Million Users, Quietly 50%... →
What’s got a button to push, knows how to make money while changing the world and is read all over? StumbleUpon! The social discovery network, like Pandora for webpages and videos, just passed…
From TED U: How to grow your own fresh air →
Watch the slide show just presented at TED U: “How to grow your own fresh air”:
How to Grow Your Own Fresh Air - TED 2009 TalkView more presentations from jaymeattle. (tags:
Malware Spreading Via ... Windshield Fliers? →
wiedzmin writes “Another interesting article published by the SANS ISC Handler’s Diary is describing a very unusual vector for malware distribution — windshield fliers and fake parking tickets. A…
After hedge funds vanish or shrink, plenty of... →
iPhone App Helps Reduce Stuttering →
Researchers at the Hollins Communications Research Institute have created an iPhone app that helps treat speech impediment disorders. As a former stutterer - I wasn’t that bad but it was hard to…
Yahoo's Bartz On Verge Of Making First Big Mistake... →
Yahoo’s new CEO, Carol Bartz, is decisive and tough—qualities that Yahoo needs desperately. She was also smart to say “WTF?” on the culture of embarrassing press leaks that have plagued an…
Teachers now make over $100,000 a year. →
Arbitrage Opportunity: Five-Star Hotel Rooms... →
There must be a way to profit from this, since it can’t last for long.
Guardian: Luxury hotels in London are slashing their rates to such an extent that it can now be cheaper to stay in a…
Windows 7 might be coming in 2009 already, less... →
Comcast Goofs, Shows Porn During Super Bowl... →
“Wardrobe malfunction” gets a new meaning: Instead of the exciting end of last night’s Super Bowl, some of Comcast’s (CMCSA) cable subscribers in Tucson were treated to about 30 seconds of…
Only 10% Of Enterprise Users Bought Vista (MSFT) →
Just how big of a disaster has Windows Vista been for Microsoft (MSFT)?
Consider this Forrester report (paywall) obtained by Mary Jo Foley: With Windows 7 just around the corner, 71% of…
Arbitrage Opportunity: Five-Star Hotel Rooms... →
There must be a way to profit from this, since it can’t last for long.
Guardian: Luxury hotels in London are slashing their rates to such an extent that it can now be cheaper to stay in a…
Bakery Snafu Results In USB Flash Drive Cake →
Someone ordered a custom cake, and asked that a photo of a friend be integrated into the decoration. The photo was delivered as a .JPG on a Lexar Jumpdrive Trio flash drive. Guess what ended…
In Finland, Nokia May Get Its Own Snooping Law →
notany writes “Nokia may be too big a company for Finland (a country of 5 million people). It seems that Nokia’s lobbyists can push an unconstitutional law through the legislature at will. After…
An extinct animal has been brought back to life... →
January 2009
40 posts
The Atlantic predicts the end of the New York... →