- The story of the creation of the “Wanted” posters for Jonah Hex is pretty fascinating.
About five years ago, on September 1, 2005, I sat at a coffee shop across the street from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and could not believe just how much it leans. And that was five years after they fixed it.
- Everybody loves lists, so Listiki — a site for finding, making, and sharing them — should be popular.
- Adjusting to today’s dollars, the United States has incurred more debt in the last decade then during the entire combined previous 211 years of the republic’s existence.
- How to Create a CD Ladder, from FrugalDad
- “In an era when very little remains shocking, Pierce might have actually managed to create a genuinely disturbing work of fiction, the literary equivalent of Schindler’s List rewritten by the Marquis De Sade and filmed as a Tim Burton animated feature.” (hat tip to rb)
- Just about 100 years ago — on July 24, 1910 — the New York Times featured an article titled “Will Future Generations Lose Historical Documents of To-Day?”.
- “When you are parting with your money, know the person on the other side of the deal thinks you are not so smart and is depending on the anchoring effect when they tell you how much you are about to save.”
Posts tagged “economics”
The Price of Being Connected
Let’s take a look at my current connection costs here in Los Angeles: Service Purpose Approximate Monthly Rate DirecTV HD Satellite TV + 2 HD DVRs $135 AT&T mobile phones + data $235 Verizon land line (for alarm system) $24 Time-Warner Cable Internet $50 So I’m paying almost $450.00/mo to stay “connected”. Eek.
Globalization at Mach Speed
A quick book review
- AIG resignation letter
- Bruce Willis got married.
- Courtney Love is following Dooce on Twitter. Isn’t that one of the signs of the apocalypse?
- I am willing to bet that the reason John Mayer has 350,000 more followers than Bono is simply because not many people know that Paul Hewson is Bono’s real name.
- Real-Life Spider-Man Rescues Autistic Boy
How to Understand the Economy
How the economy works
American Idiot
The truth hurts
Apocalypse Now
It was the worst of times
This Makes No Sense
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
Los Angeles Utilities
Just for the hell of it, I’m posting my latest LA DWP bill, which covers June 10th to August 8th. How much are you paying?
Turning Virtual Gold into Real Cash
The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer (link via kottke)