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Taking Stock, Making (or Losing) money
Proof that the stock market is irrational. - By Michael Kinsley - Slate Magazine
The market and value of publicly traded companies is just as made up a world as the fancy coloured paper with arabic numerals that denote thier value. Both require a critical mass to believe (i.e., have blind faith) in the […]
If you are an entrepreneur
then go read this - ChangeThis Newsletter: The Bootstrapper’s Bible
that is all.. start reading…
you’d better be reading by now.
Only one correct choice
Joel on Software | Choices = Headaches
Joel hits the issue of choice right on the head. His case against the too many number of choices that Windows, GNOME, and KDE give the user to do the same task - or variations there of - is a good one. In most cases, there are […]
K-os, listen, feel it
K-os‘ latest album, Atlantis - Hymns for Disco, must be heard and will be appreciated. I don’t normally review music here, but this album is a must. It seems to span the last 40 years of music with soul, funk, and disco sounds. The R&B tracks are true to the genre Rhythm […]
Show your respect
The Dominion Institute - Canada’s Last Great War Veteran Petition
CBC.ca - Petition calling for state funeral for WWI veteran gaining steam
“We the undersigned feel enormous gratitude for the sacrifice made by all the Canadian Armed Forces through the ages in defence of this country and its values; acknowledge the very special nature of the sacrifice […]
Privately funded public television?
InsideTheCBC.com | CBC Television now gets more money from advertising than taxpayers: Inside the CBC
“?English television now costs about $580 million in total, which includes Newsworld,” Stursberg said. “Of that, about $275 million comes from the public subsidy, and about $305 million comes from earned revenue. In other words, about 55 per cent of our […]
Bring on snow
Too bad the snow that buried Barrie didn’t make its way a little further south, I wanted to test out the new winter tires, Gislaved - Nord*Frost 5.
NHL on Google Video
Catch all the games you missed! NHL on Google Video
And even some classic games, like the last time the Leafs will ever win the cup… 1967 Stanley Cup finals, Game 6 Canadiens@MapleLeafs - Google Video
Just because he’s a rapper
AllHipHop.com : Daily Hip-Hop News - Lil’ Wayne Banned From Morgan State For Money Tossing Incident
Lil’ Wayne has been barred from performing at Morgan State University and may face criminal charges, after a homecoming concert went awry when the rapper’s entourage threw money into the crowd.
During Lil’ Wayne’s performance, members of his entourage tossed $20, […]