Archives for July, 2010
Tweet A few notes from reading Edward T Hall‘s Beyond Culture: Culture information and techniques are passed from members of one generation to the next. The next generation takes this accumulation, adds its own discoveries and refinements, and passes the total on to the next. It seems to me however that that transference of cultural [...]
Tweet Financial reform bill signed into law, eliminating SOX 404(b) internal control audit requirement for smaller reporting companies. Short version: Companies under 75M don’t have to spend 1M on reporting because Enron screwed everything up for all of us. Long version: here. A surprisingly pro-business bill in modern politics. It will create jobs. A good [...]
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Tweet This photo of Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez was taken at Manchester United vs MLS All Stars at Reliant Park which ManU won 5-2. It is Creative Commons Attribution. Yes you can use it with “photo by Ed Schipul” credits. And you can get the large version from Flickr by clicking the image above.
Tweet Some stats from the book Who Really Cares by Arthur C. Brooks: Religion is the overwhelmingly dominant factor in predicting generosity —religious liberals and religious conservatives are identical. “Religious” is defined by Brooks as individuals who attend worship service at least once a week (30% of the population) and; “Secular” is defined by Brooks [...]
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Tweet “Yes, that is the equality of man. Slaughter anybody who is better than you are, and then we shall be equal soon enough. All equally dead.” - T. H. White
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Tweet (text cut from an email that will never be sent.) No, I am not trying to be rude. I am just trying to explain why I am not replying to your email. Please bear with me. The Internet is made up of what most people call “links”. In fact these are really part of [...]
Tweet “I think it also worth noting, he was found in a hot tub. … That there is the way to go.” (source) masterhighresmatte 1 from Russh on Vimeo.
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Tweet “Michael Ploanyi’s theory of apprenticeship: ‘You follow your master because you trust his manner of doing things even when you cannot analyze and account in detail for their effectiveness. By watching the master and emulating his efforts in the presence of his example, the apprentice unconsciously picks up the rules of the art, including [...]
Tweet “I understand the need for conformity. Without a concise set of rules to follow we would probably all have to resort to common sense. Discipline is the key to conformity and it is important that we learn not to question authority at an early age.” 27b/6
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Tweet “We spend money we don’t have on things we don’t need to create impressions that won’t last on people we don’t care about.” (more)
Tweet 00:53:04 (faster bleeps) 00:53:09 Destroyer coming in, sir. 00:53:14 He’s shifting to attack frequency, sir! 00:53:17 (ship’s propellers whirring) 00:53:30 Picking up splashes, sir. Depth charges on the way down. - Run Silent, Run Deep
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Tweet Narrator: [Tyler steers the car into the opposite lane and accelerates] What are you doing? Tyler Durden: Guys, what would you wish you’d done before you died? Ricky: Paint a self-portrait. The Mechanic: Build a house. Tyler Durden: [to Narrator] And you? Narrator: I don’t know. Turn the wheel now, come on! Tyler Durden: [...]
Tweet On the 2010 rise in bankruptcy filings: my understanding is that there are three major categories of debt that “tip” people over the edge. Credit card debt, made more difficult to vacate after the 2005 BAPCPA change. Student loans, which are almost impossible to vacate, and medical debt which is still possible to vacate. With few benefits for bankruptcy [...]
Tweet KID, HAVE YOU REHABILITATED YOURSELF?