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"Them sheeps is funny lookin… Homie wearin' a snuggie full time."

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:54:38 -0500

Pockets of credit: 19th Century Banking Makes a Comeback

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:19:02 -0500

Pockets of credit: 19th Century Banking Makes a Comeback:

Love The Economist and they tend to be on the money in their analysis. Agree that we need more lenders providing capital to the real economy. But, big miss here is that funds like Golub and Medley lend to middle-market buyouts. They finance the trading of companies between owners, not the creation of real value and that is what fundamentally needs to change for banking to better serve society.

To the 53%-ers, please see the following if you think this is...

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:55:31 -0400

To the 53%-ers, please see the following if you think this is all about “work hard and don’t complain”

(via Income Inequality Hits Record Levels, New CBO Data Show: — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

Beginning in 1981, top marginal tax rates in the US have...

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:43:00 -0400

Beginning in 1981, top marginal tax rates in the US have declined to near all-time low levels while the top 1% in America have expanded their share of wealth to all time highs. Though wealthy Americans believe they shoulder more than their fair share of the nation’s tax burden, their opportunity to amass such wealth came through the relaxation of their historical responsibilities to society.

Of note, the last time the top 1% contributed so little in taxes and controlled so much wealth, they brought the US the Great Depression.

A tourist from Texas arrives in Boston and hops into a cab. Having heard about the delicacies to...

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:12:06 -0400

A tourist from Texas arrives in Boston and hops into a cab. Having heard about the delicacies to savor in the venerable city, he asks the cabbie, “Say, where can I get scrod?” The cabbie turns around in his seat, regards the man carefully, and replies, “Buddy, I’ve been asked that a million times, but never before has anyone asked it in the pluperfect subjunctive.

"The tomatoes release their sugary, tart juice, the olive oil emulsifies in for rich, slippery body,..."

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:47:52 -0400

“The tomatoes release their sugary, tart juice, the olive oil emulsifies in for rich, slippery body, the onion gives a little push, and the cheese lends this very young, very fresh dish the gravity of age. The flavors swirl as you slurp it all up, bouncing from bright and clean to deep and savory, and once all the pasta’s gone, you’ll still have a nice little scoop of the best tomato salad you’ve ever had sitting in the bowl.”

- Perfect Five-Minute Raw Tomato Pasta Recipe

Great writing is great writing. I had to clip this.

Where does Android go now?

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:58:33 -0400

With Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility, what happens to Android’s attractiveness as a platform? Can handset manufacturers commit to a platform which is controlled by a direct competitor?

G+ Cooking School!?

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:29:35 -0400

G+ Cooking School!?:

G+ is awesome!

MOVE (by Rick Mereki)

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:38:31 -0400

MOVE (by Rick Mereki)

"as long as a generation of Republican politicians feel entitled to hold a gun to the head of the..."

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:50:04 -0400

“as long as a generation of Republican politicians feel entitled to hold a gun to the head of the credit of America to secure their political ends – disaster will never be far away.”

- Leading article: Disaster postponed - Leading Articles, Opinion - The Independent

"Instead of pushing products and services at customers with the attitude of “You take what we make!”,..."

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:34:01 -0400

“Instead of pushing products and services at customers with the attitude of “You take what we make!”, Apple and Amazon proceed from the view, “We are want to understand and solve your problems.””

- Why No Apple In The Food Industry? - Steve Denning - RETHINK - Forbes

Why is it that journalists always hold up Apple as a shining knight of consumer friendliness? While I don’t deny the author’s premise that Apple and other “transformational” “innovative” companies typically succeed by “delighting” their customers, I think it’s inaccurate to describe Apple as a shining example of flexibility and consumer mindedness.

At Apple, the iTunes store is decidedly designed to make money. In fact, MP3 players were not greatly successful until someone attached a money making business model to them. The entire user experience across Apple products are a “you take what we make!” proposition. No flash, broad Apple control third party applications, counter cultural design/UI decisions (single button mouse, the death of the scrollbar).

Yes, Apple is very good at understanding its customers’ needs, and much of its success can be attributed to resonance with consumers. But, Apple is an exception, not a model. It produces a superlative product and wins market share simply because more often than not its “innovative” choices are right. Apple deserves much credit, but I’m tired of journalists grasping for unrequited love and looking to Apple as a their knight in shining armor.

Kill the pigs! (via Daniel Damon’s Photos - Mobile...

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:57:39 -0400

Kill the pigs! (via Daniel Damon’s Photos - Mobile Uploads)

"In the past six months the median price of a home in Palo Alto has risen 24% to $1.2 million,..."

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:47:32 -0400

“In the past six months the median price of a home in Palo Alto has risen 24% to $1.2 million, according to DataQuick. Dreyfus says his own statistics in May showed only a 27-day supply of homes for sale — assuming one home sold per day. A year earlier, supply was three times that.”

- Don’t call it the next tech bubble - yet - Big Tech - Fortune Tech

Tech is raging. Get while the getting’s good.

"The meaning seems clear. The future is here. Cash is in decline."

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:54:20 -0400

“The meaning seems clear. The future is here. Cash is in decline.”

- As Plastic Reigns, the Treasury Slows Its Printing Presses - NYTimes.com

(via The debt ceiling rap - Political Economy - The Washington...

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:14:01 -0400

(via The debt ceiling rap - Political Economy - The Washington Post)

What’s a “sun dog”? “An example of...

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:21:04 -0400

What’s a “sun dog”?

“An example of parhelia, sun dogs are triggered by sunlight being refracted (bent) off hexagonal ice crystals about 25,000 feet above the ground. Cirrus clouds act as billions of microscopic prisms, bending white light into the colors of the rainbow. Pretty cool.”

(via TYWKIWDBI (“Tai-Wiki-Widbee”): Sun dog “double sunset”)

"And so we vacillate between anxious self-branding and the self-negating practice of seeking some..."

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:41:58 -0400

“And so we vacillate between anxious self-branding and the self-negating practice of seeking some higher authenticity: we have to watch ourselves become ourselves in order to be ourselves, over and over again. This futile process crystallizes in the irrepressible ideal of youth, the time when all that reflexivity seemed like second nature, was authenticity itself.”

- n 1: The Accidental Bricoleurs

America's Wall

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:07:33 -0400

America's Wall:

Happy Fourth!

Rollin'

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:48:24 -0400

animalsbeingdicks:

I feel like doing this to my kids at least 4 times per day.

"Medicaid and Medicare have not caused our rising health care costs but are victims of our fragmented..."

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:24:09 -0400

“Medicaid and Medicare have not caused our rising health care costs but are victims of our fragmented and failed market-based model of health care financing. Shifting the cost of health care from the taxpayer to the patient will not magically make these health care costs disappear or become sustainable.”

- Improve and strengthen Medicare by expanding it to all | Physicians for a National Health Program