I like to visit these in every city I visit and I am always surprised when tall buildings lack them..
2010-07-23
2010-07-07
Many English speakers cannot understand basic grammar
Interesting post about the passive vs. active voice and the decay of basic grammar rules in English
2010-05-28
Experience This Video for Yourself and Remember It Yourself
Very fun video and thought provoking video about taking vacations and when income (of lack thereof) buys misery.
2010-03-02
Buffett Doles Advice for Potential Successors
In Buffett's latest shareholder letter, lots of Buffettisms for the rest of us.
- "Sing a country song in reverse, and you will quickly recover your car, house and wife"
- Dramatic growth is no gauruntee of profit
- Be a supplier of liquidity
- Understand what you own
- Defense beats offense
2010-03-01
Clearly It's the Cheeseburgers
When the olympics come around, I turn nationalistic, and all I really need to know is in the medal count. Really cool chart from the WSJ. And they don't usually have chart porn like this...
2010-02-27
A Minty Fresh Chart
Because I like data analysis so much, I often think that sweetest gig in the world would be working at someplace like Google where you have tons of data that you could mine for interesting behaviors and trends. I think Mint.com is the same thing. Although, they often do post cool charts with all of that data on the Mint Life blog. Although, they have a lot of other worthy stuff too. I liked this job growth chart that they posted this past week.
Predictably Irrational Reading
For some reason lately I have been reading a lot econ stuff. Which is funny because I did not read econ stuff when I took econ...Its funny there have been a proponederanceof books about a return to irrational markets. Justifiably so given the markets swings as people seek to explain and understand that. I ready predictably Irrational by Dan Arley and enjoyed it immensely. Dan's book reads a little more like a text book than something you might read in the Times Magazine, but that does not stop it from being a glass of fun juice.
Key Takeaways (a month after reading it):
- Its better not to ever charge the parents of children in daycare for picking up their children late. Guilt is a much more powerful motivator.
- Students, even ones at Harvard, cheat on exams.
- "Free" is a a powerful thing, even if people don't need the item. E.g. buying a $20 Amazon gift certificate for $7 is better than getting a $10 one for free.
- Make sure your potential brother-in-law is a deadbeat. it will give you much better chances with attractive mates.
- We overvalue what we have. I know this from trying to sell a lot of stuff after I sold my house.
- Options have values, except when you try to go back through open doors.
I strongly recommend this. As I think back about it, it makes me want to reread it and make sure I am not procrastinating anything.
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