Links for 2013 May 12

Gore Is Romney-Rich With $200 Million After Bush Defeat
Liberals will claim this is a fair 200 million, unlike Romney's which was built off PE???

Obama’s Cybersecurity Lifts Check Point: Israel Overnight
What about Palo Alto Networks?

ESPN Wants to Pay Your Wireless Bill (Restrictions Apply)
Slowly lurching towards net non-neutrality

The Glock Divorce Comes to America, Revealing New Details About the Gunmaker
The tide has gone out

NYPD Plans to Release Non-Toxic Gases in the Subway
Who is making money off this?

Cost to Treat a Lung Infection: $97,214? Why New Data Are Useless
Healthcare is the next finance. When the revolution starts there will be a whole less useless clerks pulling 1/2 a million a year...

Tiffany vs. Costco: Which Diamond Ring Is Better?
Cost of diamond is directly proportional to boast value to a woman's girlfriends... Better to get a shitty Tiffany's than a GIA vertified Costco...

Ramblings for 2009-02-23

Links for 2009-02-23 Posted: 24 Feb 2009 12:00 AM CST Worst. Redeye. Ever. Life Imitates The Onion EconomPic: Top Ten Banks.... Then and Now Netbooks have reshaped the market for portable computers Gmail: Use Gmail's Multiple Inboxes Feature to Manage Multiple Addresses ALWAYS check those hotel reservations! Marc Andreesen in Charlie Rose US Remains World’s Leading Manufacturer Capitaland pays bonuses in shopping vouchers » Singapore Retrenchment Blog Learning to Speak Better English: Yes, We Can! - WSJ.com 3. Actress's blubbering makes British wince

Ramblings for 2009-02-18

Links for 2009-02-18 Posted: 19 Feb 2009 12:00 AM CST Article Skimmer DNA: India: If convicts have rights, so have victims: Supreme Court We Are Not Amused... If I had a billion dollars… (second verse) The Kerala Model - At Risk? Bangalore to become more affordable- Property / C'struction-Services-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times

Ramblings for 2009-02-17

Links for 2009-02-17 Posted: 18 Feb 2009 12:00 AM CST Hope is a Four Letter Word Don't Look Down ...and then it gets weird. Goodbye Dubai | Smashing Telly - A hand picked TV channel Skype strikes deal with Nokia | Webware - CNET

Ramblings for 2009-02-16

Links for 2009-02-16 Posted: 17 Feb 2009 12:00 AM CST Quotes Entirely Relevant to Investing 02-15-2008 Is Latvia First Country in World to Fall Into Depression? Photo #62 What’s the dress code at the 7-ELEVEN in Hong Kong? YouTube - A woman missed her flight at the boarding gate HKIA The Ultimate Dogfooding Story

Ramblings for 2009-02-15

Links for 2009-02-15 Posted: 16 Feb 2009 12:00 AM CST Municipal Bonds That Predate the Bronx Are Maturing Now - NYTimes.com Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai : Destiny or Hype? | Newgeography.com India’s Innovation Gap: Product Managers Crisis is the Mother of Entrepreneurship Fewer, Quieter Ex-pats in Shanghai Surviving the initial downturn is not enough – Part 1 Survival is Not Enough Part II: Cost Cutting vs. Business Transformation How Google's layoffs and project cancellations are affecting it's culture of innovation Too big to rescue Get Your Guns Out

Ramblings for 2009-02-14

Links for 2009-02-14 Posted: 15 Feb 2009 12:00 AM CST How to Cut Travel Costs Luxury, Business Travel Take Hit - Business Travel Column - Joe Brancatelli - Seat 2B - Portfolio.com Buying Abroad Urban Travel Legends How to Complain Ship, Don't Schlep The Miles Bye Club

Ramblings for 2008-06-22

Office boy turns programmer, says hello to new set of skills - Corporate News - livemint.com Long or Short Capital » It Trades at Only 6x 2020 Earnings - Paying Dividends Since Q1'06 BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Ugliest dog show Foreign Affairs - China's Olympic Nightmare - Elizabeth C. Economy and Adam Segal Churchill and His Myths - The New York Review of Books Winning: The Israeli Factor In Iraq Leadership: The USAF Absorbs A Wake-Up Call The Food Chain: In Fertile India, Growth Outstrips Agriculture Comic for June 22, 2008 BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | 'Olympic wedding' surge in China BBC NEWS | Americas | 'Gus' crowned world's ugliest dog Travelers Shift to Rail as Cost of Fuel Rises - NYTimes.com Bad guys really do get the most girls - sex - 18 June 2008 - New Scientist Germany is world’s greenest country: BP Beijing announces traffic plan for Olympics - International Herald Tribune RAW in-charge in Beijing recalled after honeytrap probe-India-The Times of India

Ramblings for 2008-06-21

Infosys develops 3D cellphone cameras, projectors Iowa Floodwaters UK students outsource contract cheating to India- ET Cetera-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times Military Photos: Royal Escort Support: Cargo Container Comfort Death of America's Suburbs Is Greatly Exaggerated: Joe Mysak Can the U.S. Bring Jobs Back from China? NOT SO EASY BABY Apple announces ZFS on Snow Leopard | Storage Bits | ZDNet.com Tesla in Orange Firefox 3 virus scanning Subprime hits IIM intern intake too Inflation woes: Dhoni cuts down on milk WHO CARES? WHY IS THIS NEWS

Ramblings for 2008-06-20

You speak the English? Indexed Lego Employees Have Minifigs as Business Cards (and a Great Sense of Humor) [Lego] Past Lessons from Charlie Oppenheimer The Virtual Machine to Browser Analogy. BBC NEWS | Americas | US fears of teen 'pregnancy pact'

Ramblings for 2008-06-18

BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Can a fake tan ever be classy? Can a real tan ever be classy? BBC NEWS | UK | Profile: Simon Mann BBC NEWS | Health | Big breakfast 'aids weight loss' The Trouble With Money Microspeak: Pricing uplift 20 Super Foods You Need to Build Muscle & Lose Fat High-School Prom Lands in England Globalization UB Group develops colourless whisky Hospital dumps body of accident victim in ditch Royal Enfield to launch four new models Fair game? Humans, Algorithms Disagree On Significance Of 'Lesbian' Search The 2004-2006 crisis in the soy sector is over, as prices have... DNA - Mumbai - Madarsas turn out portfolio managers - Daily News & Analysis

Ramblings for 2008-06-17

deal architect : Outsourcers and Level 4 support DB2 turns 25 Last Night - Marriage For All In California 7% in maths can get you through IIT-JEE-India-The Times of India Scoliosis The (bad) state of software testing interviews in India Tuition Teachers Make 20k Army Overseer Tells of Ouster Over KBR Stir - NYTimes.com Abroad - For Blacks in France, Obama’s Rise Is Reason to Rejoice, and to Hope - NYTimes.com Demand for Data Puts Engineers in Spotlight - NYTimes.com Yahoo's Hiring Freeze, Confirmed And Explained (YHOO) - Silicon Alley Insider Built for Crime The Big Change in Mangement at the US Air Force ‘Vultures’ expose corruption - Times Online BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate BBC NEWS | South Asia | Indians top US spelling contests

Ramblings for 2008-06-16

Top Gear USA hosts announced! Quotes Entirely Relevant to Investing 06-15-2008 Billion 'heir's Is America's suburban dream collapsing into a nightmare? - CNN.com The Man's best friend. Obama Sharply Assails Absent Black Fathers Comic for June 16, 2008 DNA - World - Keep up with Patels, not Joneses - Daily News & Analysis Flying a simulated Apache helicopter | Geek Gestalt - by Daniel Terdiman - CNET News.com Kerala: Son conducts father's wedding BBC NEWS | Europe | Court warns Italian TV prankster From Intern to Full-Time Branding is Like Dating Another Bloody Water Does Amitabh Bachchan write his own Blog?

Ramblings for 2008-06-15

Only 5 More Years To Wait For Sex With Robots, Robot Romance Still Decades Ayooo Silence is a virtue MAYBE DNA - Opinion - The height of prejudice As a tall guy, I would like to sue Comments Can Be Blog Posts Yes Foreign architects eyeing to cash in on India's realty Mission Admission: Colleges woo budding sports stars Like the US. Hopefully this doesnt happen for medical school. I dont want a wannabe cricketer taking the spot of a person who really wants to be a doctor. DNA - Money - Wipro sets up specialised unit for mega orders - Daily News & Analysis Lightning fans rejoice! A new SVT prepped F-150 is coming this fall Some people never learn Logistics: Why Ships No Longer Go To Sea Fuel costs 'Indian scientists firm believers' Means they are not scientists? Free and Flush, Russians Eager to Roam Abroad - NYTimes.com The Tragedy of America's Disappearing Fathers - WSJ.com This is going to explode in India soon Flickr: The Money Shots Pool Not what you think you pervert Cool Tool: Books That Changed My Life Fountainhead for me.... The never ending war against mediocrity. Actually Fountainhead is also about simplicity when you read about Howard Roarke and his simple yet beautiful architectural designs with clean lines...

Ramblings for 2008-06-14

BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Japan quake BBC NEWS | UK | England | Nottinghamshire | The millimetre men MediaShift . Cell Phone Culture::Spain's National Obsession with Mobiles, Texting | PBS 7 Websites You MUST Check Before You Go On A Vacation 6 Things Money Cannot Help you Achieve Self-esteem How to Chill a Hot Beer or Soda in 3 Minutes Lost in E-Mail, Tech Firms Face Self-Made Beast - NYTimes.com Cold property market has realtors worried Bombay Gmail Client Side Architecture Part 1 | Web Builder Zone DirtGetsWet » Both Busted! I have never understood how people get that bored Quiz: Which city are you? - CNN.com Apparently I am Rio Twelve car cleaning myths - CNN.com What Women Want (Maybe) - NYTimes.com Interesting The World According to 'The Bear' Ananova - Vacuum screamer Vibrator using domestic appliances... LOL BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China's most famous foreigner Speculators Under Scrutiny in Commodities Market Volatility - NYTimes.com

Ramblings for 2008-06-13

BBC NEWS | Business | Probably the best corporate slogan... Read this because you are worth it BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Experts unveil 'cloak of silence' Spy Shots: Audi's important A7 Somebody's been watching too many horror movies Ultimate bling: Saudi man chromes his Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Is this the iCar? Nah, couldn't be New LAPD Helicopters to Look Like LAPD Cars You got what for a raise? Indexed Jamaican Curry Lamb from Brixton Anil's camp alleges sabotage by RIL Should Supermodels And Code Monkeys Compete For Work? MAYBE BABY 50 Romeos land in police honey trap-Chennai-Cities-The Times of India LOL. I pity the despo machans who are running after those phat policewomen... Here comes the video conferencing boom Oil prices BBC NEWS | Europe | Spain treats child phone addicts BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Quiz of the week's news Attrition: Downsizing DIs Full metal jacket Macquarie Targets Asia's 'Generation A'

Ramblings for 2008-06-12

Cover Story: When Mom and Dad Share It All Reading Books On Twitter The 16 TB RAM PC: when? Why Indian CIOs Excel at Driving Business Innovation Pune MBA students get lifer for killing classmate-Pune-Cities-The Times of India BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | South West Wales | Rare cream foal 'a special boy' Can Rice Lead to Gold? Marathon Will Offer Test - NYTimes.com Asics are the best To Save Fuel, Airlines Find No Speck Too Small - NYTimes.com Necessity is the mother of frugality? Military Photos: USS Blue Ridge and Mount Fuji How to Make Profound and Lasting Change | ThinkSimpleNow.com Do something profound and lasting Interfluidity :: The arbitrageur of last resort Good idea to test the theory of a bubble in energy 'Baghdad-style' checkpoints in US capital - Telegraph OK! Magazine - First for Celebrity News - Burger King Helped Downey Jr. Quit Drugs How Computers Boot Up : Gustavo Duarte Bought: Rs 2.5 lakh; Sold: Rs 9,576 cr

Ramblings for 2008-06-11

iRobot enters the undersea robot market » VentureBeat Military Videos: Humvee Clearing IED Serial number marketing On the Street.....Vintage Missoni, Los Angeles Jobless girl Oil In The Brain, Pie In The Sky “Shareholding Has Never Been Important To Me” My foot How Bernanke's Banker Rescue Spells Their Demise: Michael Lewis Looking for a big salary? See what this start-up has to say | Tech news blog - CNET News.com Looks like payscale.com India's Most Trusted Brands - 2008 Lalu wants to star with Hema Malini Horny old guy Purity BBC NEWS | UK | Parrot squawks on woman's affair BBC NEWS | Middle East | Marry or lose job, says Iran firm BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Plane abandoned at Hanoi airport What I Learned Today - America's Best Paying Jobs Young Obama -- chicagotribune.com A new flavor of Google Trends Lavish Posthumous Paydays for CEOs

Ramblings for 2008-06-10

Lips don't lie The pout How I Built a Working Online Poker Bot, Part 3: The Million Dollar Pet Project Awesome project Caption This Pic HcwDB Chinese firm gets Rs 604 cr contract Bombay metro Mr. -T HcwDB BBC NEWS | Middle East | An Iraqi family comes to America BBC NEWS | Special Reports | BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China quake lake 'now draining' BBC NEWS | South Asia | Malnutrition getting worse in India Inflation BBC NEWS | In Pictures | In pictures: Chinese town engulfed Does Apple's Steve Jobs Have Cancer Again? Using Their Illusion Long or short capital Hot Chicks with Douchebags: Lionel Itchy HcwDB Red Eye "These markets are hard enough as it is. But when the world's third largest holder of FX reserves is actively trying to screw you over, Macro Man has to believe that he's not the only macro man suffering from a bit of red eye this morning" Quote of the Day: Vikram Pandit "Every institution has the right to lose all the money they want, but no-one has the right to impose their disfunctionality on others in the system." Bangalore is World's Number 2 Techspot - Do you agree? |Technology and Business Startups in India NO WorkFast TV interviews Mark Bernstein of PARC | FastCompany.TV LOL.Scoble in a suit FHA Loses $4.6 Billion - Denies Insolvency

Rambllings for 2008-06-08

Interesting thought by Steve Jobs Stay hungry... Stay foolish... LOVE IT Data Centre Complexity In my place it costs 3k euros/month to have a box sitting in our in-house data center. Fuckin hilarious... Really just another day at the office for a Tiger? I got rejected by Accenture when I applied for my Singapore internship in 2001. Now a relative who flunked twice in school in in Accenture in India... The fall of standards... Is it a real race for talent? This guy really gets thru the hype The Indian Tiger Again The Globalization Confusion Herman Miller's Clinical Trials Leadership: The USAF Is Lost And Found Now you know... Slashdot | Rubik's Cube Algorithm Cut Again, Down to 23 Moves Column inches - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog This would be like paying developers for fixing bugs... Computerworld - GE's Appliance Park still an IT innovator One of the first computers in the US Re-introducing the Air-ship" Nice fantasy. Won't work. What will you do in an airship for 4 days. At least on a cruiseship you can get seasick and have a story to tell A $1.4 Billion Lesson in Standard Work Sorry buddy, this is not about standardisation of work. If you did that nothing would ever get done, because all you would be doing is standardising. Instead, make it easier for people to communicate what they find, and the standards will follow Samaritan Indian hits jackpot in Dubai The customer doesn't care whose fault it is - (37signals) Obama's Drucker-Style Win Its so easy to twist your special interest as the reason for Obama's win. This chap is an MBA wonk who spins it as a Drucker thing... Here's the thing. If Obama looked like an ape like 50 cent, he would have lost. HUGE. Tata, Mahindra to Buy GM's Hummer? If this happens, this will be the height of hubris... just like the Japanese lost buying American brands in the 80s