August 2008
61 posts
Dodgers get Manny Ramirez from Red Sox - Los... →
Aw yeah. He’s not very good in the outfield, but it’s better than fat ass Andruw Jones
July 2008
49 posts
Information Architects » Blog Archive » The Future... →
“You think you know everything. The reality is, you know very little. So instead...”
– 10 Reasons You Are Not A Successful Entrepreneur
Concerned about gang signs, NFL reviews tapes -... →
The NFL, concerned that some players might celebrate by flashing the hand signals of street gangs, has hired experts to examine game tapes and identify the gestures.
The joy of $8 gas - Los Angeles Times →
Cheap gas is unfair. Driving creates huge social costs in the form of traffic, health-damaging pollution and global warming that aren’t suffered solely by the person buying the gasoline. Governments usually set up idiotic systems to offset such social costs (emissions trading, ethanol subsidies, taco truck regulations) instead of forcing individuals to pay for their own mess by adding a tax...
Unboxed - If You’re Open to Growth, You Tend to... →
“People who believe in the power of talent tend not to fulfill their potential because they’re so concerned with looking smart and not making mistakes. But people who believe that talent can be developed are the ones who really push, stretch, confront their own mistakes and learn from them.”
Micro Persuasion: Are We Living in a Perfect Storm... →
Bit.ly: Please Use This TinyURL of the Future -... →
Learning from "bad" UI →
How Youtube Can Fix Their Revenue Problem →
WatchWall-E Down To Earth. Vimeo is awesome.
“Unlike the artist, the designer is not free to concentrate exclusively on those...”
– Excerpted highlights from How Designers Think
How Much Does It Cost You in Wages if You Sound... →
His main finding: blacks who “sound black” earn salaries that are 10 percent lower than blacks who do not “sound black,” even after controlling for measures of intelligence, experience in the work force, and other factors that influence how much people earn. (For what it is worth, whites who “sound black” earn 6 percent lower than other whites.)
I believe there is a causal effect of speech on...
“With the announcement that 600 Starbucks are being closed across the U.S., that...”
– Starbucks and the Restroom Anti-Bubble
I was thankful for Starbucks when I went to New York
“Ideas on their own are just not that important. It’s incredibly rare that...”
– I had that idea years ago!
WatchThe Showdown in Chinatown. Beautiful stop-motion photography, produced by Steve Nash. [via Hypebeast]
Aw Yeah. Baron Davis is joining the Clippers
Forward Elton Brand also opted out of his contract with the Clippers on Monday, and speculation quickly began that the team would try to keep Brand and sign Davis. This scenario is only possible if the Clippers renounce the rights of Corey Maggette and Brand takes a slight pay cut. Sources say the Clippers are expected to do just that and quickly reach a verbal agreement to bring back Brand.
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