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Some Links to Browse This Weekend
I don't know about you, but the Euro thing doesn't seem "done" to me … Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: How Will You Use Your Leap Second? (NYTimes) Big Data: Why All the Fuss? (InformationWeek) Kurzweil On Prediction Accuracy: Adjusting to
Expect Extraordinary - Here's a Video of Something Not to Try at Home
Sometimes normal isn't enough. Playing safe is often a good strategy … But, sometimes you have to expect the extraordinary. Did you see the strange guy doing a modified tight-rope circus routine during Madonna's Super Bowl half-time performance. Well, it was more than that … did you see the guy bounce up
Ten Links for Your Weekend Reading
A sprinkling of dark humor … Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: Short-Term Thinking Is Often Our Biggest Problem: 3 Ways To Fight It Now. (FastCo) China’s Push to Put Astronaut on the Moon. (FT.com) There’s an Ape for That: Orangutans
More Ways to Visualize Big Numbers, Like a Trillion
Back in the 1960s, Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen famously quipped, "A billion here, a billion there — pretty soon, you're talking real money." To get a sense of how Trillions currently are discussed in Congress, watch this. How quaint … Recently, Trillion has become the new billion; especially when we're talking about government debt, government
Here Are Some Interesting Links for Your Sunday Reading
While traveling last week, I logged on to Facebook and found this gem from a friend. Between What I think, What I want to say, What I think I said, What I have really said, What you want to hear, What you think you hear, What you really hear, What you want to understand, and
Explaining Modern Finance and Economics Using Booze & Broke Alcoholics
Here is little story that makes it easy to understand what's been going wrong in Europe (and perhaps modern finance in general). From reszatonline Helga is the proprietor of a bar. She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her bar. To solve this