November 2008
40 posts
“An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a...”
– hot soup? anyone?
Eight of the Most Over-used Samples In Hip Hop... →
True, too. Good to listen to on a sunday… Wheres ma playlist?!
(via yvynyl)
Touch type, please! →
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RIP General Motors?
rickyv:
All four of my grandparents were lifelong General Motors employees and my father worked there when he was young. Accordingly, its recent collapse has been a topic of conversation in my family. Today, its market cap fell to 1.88 billion dollars. That means that my company, IAC, could buy GM with the extra cash sitting in its bank account. Insane.
Here’s the email conversation I had with...
Google Flu Trends | How does this work? →
Pretty interesting application of the google trends data. It is used to predict flu epidemics way ahead of traditional methods by analyzing certain search terms on an by-area basis.
“[…] animated banner ads showing two women kissing as they fall downwards...”
– Mike Arrington
On Customer Service
echolot:
mareen:
One can only be happy with their internet service provider. I used to be anti- Deutsche Telekom until I worked for them. Then I got to delve deeper into the structures of all this and can apprechiate their service.
For example, today I filed a claim for a slow internet connection via contact form, which was then solved by distance-reset within less than 15 minutes and...
Rick Astley Wins Best Act Ever! →
This is not a Rickroll!
Well, it kinda is, akshully.
Milliardenprojekt: Britische Regierung will das... →
Der britische Geheimdienst MI5 überwacht schon jetzt begrenzt E-Mails und Webseiten, braucht dafür jedoch jedes Mal eine Erlaubnis des Innenministers. Allein im vergangenen Jahr wurde eine solche Erlaubnis eine halbe Million mal angefordert.
Oh Mann… 1984, oder was?
“How could Peter lose so much so fast? L-E-V-E-R-A-G-E. (What does that mean?...”
– PayPal Founder Peter Thiel’s Hedge Fund Blows Up
Ari Gold's brother to be chief of staff →
This is Gold for Entourage Fans.
“But this election was holding back the one thing I hate more: Christmas....”
– MattMaroon.com > It’s Over, and Now We’re Really Screwed
“How others treat you is their karma, how you react is yours.”
– Sophinie (via jacobbijani)
“It’s still Jessica Yellin and you look like Jessica Yellin and we know you...”
– Cnn Hologram: How the CNN Holographic Interview System Works
Anti-Vattenfall Seite von Greenpeace. →
Die PR-Methoden zielen darauf, dem Unternehmen Vattenfall in der Öffentlichkeit ein umweltfreundliches und verantwortungsvolles Image zu verleihen. Der Konzern Vattenfall hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt “sich ein grünes Mäntelchen umzuhängen”, um keinen ernsthaften Klimaschutz betreiben zu müssen. Nach dem Motto: Worte statt Taten!
“Aus der Linkskurve geflogen”
– SPIEGEL ONLINE - über Ypsilanti
Tja, das ist dann wohl die Headline dieser Woche. Besser könnt’ ich’s auch nicht sagen.
The New York Times →
Watch the video on the frontpage of the NYT if you wnat a good recap of what happened during the race for the American presidency.
My Biggest Wish
patriciahandschiegel:
I read about Obama’s grandmother passing away today and all I could think about is how much it must hurt to know she didn’t live to see him potentially make history. I am so afraid of this in my own life, that my family might not live to see me achieve what I set out to achieve. One half of them were immigrants who moved to this country for a better life, and they’ve worked...
This. Fucking. Election. →
via daringfireball.net
Porsche crashes into controversy in the ultimate... →
A great article on how Porsche engineered its way to market domination both in automotive and financial terms.
