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A Bad Lip Reading of the NFL
Playoff time is usually serious for the NFL. This is not. It is kind of the opposite of one of those old Kung Fu movies where the dubbed words you hear aren't synched with the mouth movement. Here it looks like they are saying what you hear … it's just that someone changed the words.
Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
Hope you had a good week and don't need any apology enhancers. Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: Ten Resolutions the Most Successful People Make And Then Keep. (Forbes) The Jack Welch Leadership Crash Course. (FastCompany) The Singularity. What To Expect
Cool App Shows You Data About Where You Are
Sitegeist is a mobile application that helps you to learn more about your surroundings in seconds. There’s a lot of information about your neighborhood (or anyplace you choose). Drawing on publicly available information (such as the U.S. Census, Yelp!, and others), this app digs it up, divides it into categories (people, weather, history, housing, etc.),
Preparing for a Rally? Big Inflow Into Equity Funds
What a dazzling week for mutual funds and ETFs. $22.2 billion flowed into equity funds this week, marking the second-largest weekly inflow in history. Inflows into emerging market equity funds this week were the largest – at $7.4 billion – of all time. Other big winners were long-only mutual funds, which recorded $8.9
Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
Sometimes it makes sense to buy a little time … other times you have to play to win. Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: The 11 Most Fascinating Scientific Discoveries of 2012. (The Week) This Tiny Gizmo Could Be A Very Big
How Many People Have Ever Lived on Earth?
Back in the 1970s, a now-forgotten writer claimed that 75 percent of the people who had ever been born were alive at that moment. This 'factoid' has been referenced many times, even though a bit of reflection would show how unlikely it is. So, what might be a better estimate of the actual percentage? In