Saturday, February 13, 2010

Friday, February 12, 2010

Millionaire gives away fortune

Millionaire gives away fortune which made him miserable

Austrian millionaire Karl Rabeder is giving away every penny of his £3 million fortune after realising his riches were making him unhappy.

All the money will go into his microcredit charity, which offers small loans to Latin America and builds development aid strategies to self-employed people in El Salvador, Honduras, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Chile.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

How to Do Everything in Google Buzz (Including Turn It Off)

How to Do Everything in Google Buzz (Including Turn It Off) | Work Smart | Fast Company

How to Do Everything in Google Buzz (Including Turn It Off)

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

What is...

What is the first single digit number?

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Translation Party - "I don't dance, I don't do magic"

Translation Party

back into Japanese

私は魔法のダンスはありません

back into English

I do not dance magic

Equilibrium found!
You should move to Japan!

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For every person...

Source link: Infographic: Lack of Health Care

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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

New Heinz Packet for Nugget Lovers Encourages Dippin' 'n' Drivin'

BY William BostwickSun Feb 7, 2010

A new ketchup packet from Heinz makes it easier to eat--and die--while driving.

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How to split up the US - Peter Warden

In a nutshell, Warden’s data analysis showed that Facebook users in the U.S. can be roughly segmented into seven regions, which he named facetiously:

Stayathomia: This belt’s defining feature is how near most people are to their friends, implying they don’t move far.

Dixie: Like Stayathomia, Dixie towns tend to have links mostly to other nearby cities rather than spanning the country.

Greater Texas: Unlike Stayathomia, there’s a definite central city to this cluster, otherwise most towns just connect to their immediate neighbors.

Mormonia: The only region that’s completely surrounded by another cluster, Mormonia mostly consists of Utah towns that are highly connected to each other, with an offshoot in Eastern Idaho.

Nomadic West: The defining feature of this area is how likely even small towns are to be strongly connected to distant cities; it looks like the inhabitants have done a lot of moving around the county.

Socalistan: LA is definitely the center of gravity for this cluster. Almost everywhere in California and Nevada has links to both LA and SF, but LA is usually first.

Pacifica: Tightly connected to each other, it doesn’t look like Washingtonians are big travelers compared to the rest of the West, even though a lot of them claim to need a vacation.

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