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Monthly Archives: January 2012
The most complicated way you can think of to turn a page – Joseph Herscher’s – The Page Turner
A Rube Goldberg machine – a device that accomplishes a task in the most complicated way possible!
The most complicated way you can think of to turn a page – Joseph Herscher's – The Page Turner
A Rube Goldberg machine – a device that accomplishes a task in the most complicated way possible!
Unknown to most modern-day investors and traders – Reminiscences of a Stock Operator is one of the most important investment books ever written
Like you I dream of investing in the stock market to make money. Not big money but simple 10% returns, year over year. The trouble is that the market is so complex and confusing. It seems to take an infinite amount of time, research, and knowledge to make it work. To which, I respond, there …
R.I.P. Etta James
At last My love has come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song Oh yeah yeah, at last The skies above are blue My heart was wrapped up in clover The night I looked at you And I found a dream that I could speak to A dream that I …
Marine Protected Area – MPA – saving our coasts with science and conservation
Marine Protected Areas are regions in which human activity has been placed under some restrictions in the interest of conserving the natural environment. This can include limitations on development, fishing practices, fishing seasons and catch limits, moorings, bans on removing or disrupting marine life of any kind. In some situations MPA’s also provide revenue for countries, often of equal …
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10 Netflix instant streaming recommendations from Roger Ebert
David Schwimmer’s “Trust” is my Netflix Instant Choice of the Day. It was on my 2011 Top Ten List. My review: bit.ly/gffadi — Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) January 20, 2012
Buy cool t-shirts from an online community of graphic designers, via Threadless
Threadless is an online community of artists and an e-commerce website based in Chicago, Illinois. In 2000, co-founders Jake Nickell and Jacob DeHart started the company with $1,000 of their own money. Designs are created by and chosen by an online community. Each week, about 1,000 designs are submitted online and are put to a public vote. …
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Baseball’s thriving start-up, MLB Advanced Media, could determine the future of TV sports
Launched in 2000, MLB.com was funded by the clubs in an agreement that had them each investing $1 million a year over four years. The cost was targeted at $120 million. To the joy of the owners and MLB, the Website started generating excess revenue in only the second year of its existence, allowing them …
Baseball's thriving start-up, MLB Advanced Media, could determine the future of TV sports
Launched in 2000, MLB.com was funded by the clubs in an agreement that had them each investing $1 million a year over four years. The cost was targeted at $120 million. To the joy of the owners and MLB, the Website started generating excess revenue in only the second year of its existence, allowing them …