June 2009
2 posts
The College Bubble - Freakonomics Blog -... →
April 2009
5 posts
“The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow,...”
– The Happiness Project : The Best Cure for Being Unhappy Is…
Zappos Map - So cool →
March 2009
2 posts
The Phantom of Heilbronn Unmasked - Freakonomics... →
February 2009
1 post
I Watch Stuff - 'Pride and Predator' is Exactly... →
January 2009
1 post
The case against Candy Land - Boing Boing →
October 2008
7 posts
Economists for Obama: Top Economists... →
Israel's new weapon →
genuis →
LoJack for Laptops (the Free Version) -... →
very cool (ht: the meaningfulness of little... →
September 2008
5 posts
Gene Expression: Personality variation by region... →
“No country with a McDonald’s outlet, the theory contends, has ever gone to...”
– Marginal Revolution: Big Mac Attack
I Watch Stuff - 'Ghostbusters 3' is Actually... →
Fleshmap: Listen: Music →
August 2008
7 posts
BBC NEWS | Africa | Bullet-proof fashion for S... →
Fast Food In Beijing Is A Little Different →
I really hope this is a joke, but if it isn't,... →
UPDATE: 8 People Buy $1,000 'I Am Rich' iPhone... →
Almighty Oprah
Prior to the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary, Barack Obama was endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, a celebrity with a proven track record of influencing her fans’ commercial decisions. In this paper, we use geographic differences in subscriptions to O! – The Oprah Magazine and the sale of books Winfrey recommended as part of Oprah’s Book Club to assess whether her endorsement affected the...
July 2008
6 posts
Sorry ladies, looks like Jameson is taken
Jameson: I
me: haha
jameson, that means you'd have to fornicate with her
Jameson: Eh.
Whatever, I think I can handle it.
me: just so you can have kids that are batshit crazy
Jameson: I'm just trying to extend my entrepreneurial spirit into my personal relationships. You have to look at it as an investment, and Lohan kids are pretty much worth their weight in plutonium.
To do great things, don’t just work hard. Give yourself the luxury of time alone, just you and your notebook.
Is George W. Bush Batman? | FP Passport →
Marginal Revolution: How much do biofuels drive up... →
so cool
Yet another [new iPhone program], Urbanspoon, is “a cross between a magic eight ball and a slot machine:” you shake the phone, and it randomly displays the name of a good restaurant nearby, using the iPhone’s G.P.S. and motion sensor.
June 2008
10 posts
Best. Idea. Ever
Barack Obama travels a lot, but many babies live in places he hasn’t been. That’s why he’s now accepting babies by mail. Send him your baby, and he’ll kiss it and send it back to you.
i'm speechless →
“Envy is the worst of the 7 sins. You feel worse and they feel no worse....”
– Picking Warren Buffett’s Brain: Notes from a Novice | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
If a unicorn were on the National Security council
The unicorn presents a briefing memo written in watercolored rebuses. It’s 630 pages long. The unicorn states that it’s no small feat writing out “operational malfeasance” in pictures, and the president says, “Well, ain’t that the truth.”
MLB teams with greater circadian advantage are... →
Midwest
Tourist: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to MoMA from here? Suit: Fuck you, what do I look… Tourist, indignantly interrupting: No, fuck you, you motherfucking piece of shit. You don’t want to answer, you say “I don’t know”. All you New Yorkers are a bunch of cock-sucking assholes. [Suit, stunned, gives directions.] Bystander to tourist: Where did you learn to do...
So true
It’s easier to get not-too-bright Republicans to vote against something that is actually in their long-run interest if you can demagogue it by calling it a tax.
It’s easier to get not-too-bright Democrats to vote for something that actually is not in their long-run interest if you can demagogue it by claiming that it’s just a restriction on the behavior of corporations and not...
Marginal Revolution: The culture that is Japanese →
WatchDean Kamen does the coolest things.
May 2008
14 posts
WatchTrailer for “Foot Fist Way” aka the movie you’ll be quoting more than “Napoleon Dynamite.”
Monkey uses brainwaves to control prosthetic arm |... →
It is possible to be so busy working on stuff that you lose grasp of why you are doing it.