The Timberwolves, recognizing that there needed to be some non-player moves this off-season, have fired...their dance team coaches. WTF?! McHale can squander away draft pick, draft horrible players, and generally make a mess of my favorite NBA franchise and he has complete job security, and this is the move they make?! I am sure the dance team performances were why people weren't buying tickets this past season.
Dean Glenn Hubbard getting passed over for the fed chair
+ Columbia Business School students with too much time
+ You Tube
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a pretty funny parody of a Police song
Inspired by the folks who brought you BuyBlue.org, the Blue Fund gives a simple way to invest in companies that share your progressive values...unlike some companies, and their values.
I am surprised there are not more living in Manhattan.
My favorites of the 10 points:
1) Marketing is not a department.
2) Marketing is a conversation, but most people don't speak geek.
3) Simplicity does not negate complexity.
5) Think will, not can.
6) Only you RTFM.
National News: TechCrunch, News.com, eBiz, and the Guardian UK to name just a few sources.
Just a little cross-pollination of projects.
But all you people should keep buying shit and keep the country afloat, you hear.
As long as studios sell their movie rights (except DVD) to networks on-demand movies will still offer a paltry number of movies when compared to Netflix. In addition, Netflix is developing on-demand services to be ready for the time when studios change this practice.
Excerpted from an article from another article:
In a March interview with Bill Simmons, celebrated business thinker and author Malcolm Gladwell offered an interesting theory on why many people don't do what they should:
"Why don't people work hard when it's in their best interest to do so? ... The (short) answer is that it's really risky to work hard, because then if you fail, you can no longer say that you failed because you didn't work hard. It's a form of self-protection. I swear that's why [golfer Phil] Mickelson has that almost absurdly calm demeanor. If he loses, he can always say: Well, I could have practiced more, and maybe next year I will, and I'll win then. When Tiger [Woods] loses, what does he tell himself? He worked as hard as he possibly could. He prepared like no one else in the game, and he still lost. That has to be devastating, and dealing with that kind of conclusion takes a very special and rare kind of resilience.
Most of the psychological research on this is focused on why some kids don't study for tests -- which is a much more serious version of the same problem. If you get drunk the night before an exam instead of studying and you fail, then the problem is that you got drunk. If you do study and you fail, the problem is that you're stupid -- and stupid, for a student, is a death sentence. The point is that it is far more psychologically dangerous and difficult to prepare for a task than not to prepare."
The same thing apparently holds true for most investors. The author of this Motley Fool article calls for bravery when investing:
"What's needed, then, is more bravery on our part, and fewer excuses. Yes, we may fail, but we need to try -- and we can always learn from our mistakes and improve. If we don't take action, such as planning and saving for retirement, we stand an even greater chance of failing."
Huh, I am not sure how fuel effeciency shoudl matter or when people might care about that. Bring on the next mega SUV!
The only real flaw in this article is calling MySpace a Web 2.0 endeavor. MySpace is extremely popular but not really what web 2.0 is all about.
This great Robert Smigel cartoon aired on Saturday Night Live on March 14, 1998 but was edited out of the reruns.
"...corporate markups and profiteering are responsible for spring price spikes, not rising crude costs or the national switchover to higher-cost ethanol, as the oil industry claims."
A small Tulsa, Oklahoma-based coffee shop named Doubleshot is being sued by Starbucks because they are infringing on a trademark some idiot gave to them. At least they are fighting back.
It looks like there is already a boycott or two started for various reasons. I'm on board. Screw lawyers! Down with crappy coffee!
Mark my words: if you can get your hands on mass quantities of this toy before Christmas you will be able to make a pretty penny. I would bet that for each Pleo you buy at $200 you will be able to make at minimum 100% profit.
The idea is being pushed, more - I think, as a way to get some action on numerous infrastructure and stadium project in Minnesota than anything else, but it is still interesting to consider. I suspect hosting the Olympics here would be a nightmare for the residents of the Twin Cities, however.