Love…is a full length mirror? April 26, 2007

Video of Sean Penn and Stephen Colbert going head to head in a meta-free-phor-all. This reminds me of a cheesy Disney Saturday show except targeted to adults. Funny, but forced. (Sean Penn is an actor, not a writer, so watch out for the blood soaked underwear metaphor).

Funny, I thought we did this in AlGeo April 26, 2007

The Royal Society of Chemistry is giving away 500 pounds to someone who can answer this question taken from a Chinese university’s math entrance exam. The RSC is trying to make a statement here about how the (perceivably) lower English education standards will reduce the country’s economic competitiveness. But the English shouldn’t only be scared [...]

The way of the Imus April 24, 2007

Radio ’shock jocks’ prank calls Chinese restaurant. New York DJs calls an unwitting victim to make sexist and racist remarks while on the air. At least people could make a weak argument to defend Imus by saying he was trying to point out the hypocrisies of racial slurs. But these clowns were just being shockingly [...]

Private Equity BUYOUT! April 24, 2007

I’m going to write a post about private equity in the next week or so, but a couple of major buy-out bids are happening in the last month and I think they’re worth noting:

Summer movie recommendations April 24, 2007

I should be studying contracts right now, but caught between the ‘burn-out haters’ and the ‘crazy-ass mofo new-york aspirants/haters’, I’m taking a break to check out what movies are coming out this summer via Apple’s site. Based solely on the trailers and my likely spending habit, here are my picks:

The Unconventionals:
Across the Universe:
A 60’s musical [...]

Our school’s marking curve April 22, 2007

Because I know all of you are going through exams and are anxious about whether or not you’re squeezing pass the guy, I present – our school’s curve from last year.

This isn’t really news, think of it as a visual aid. (which it is). If you want to see where I got the data from, [...]

Idiotic headlines of the day. April 21, 2007

These headlines were stumbled upon while reading the news today. Maybe they aren’t trying to play towards the ‘it’s everybody else’s fault’ crowd, but let’s stop trying to sex up a headline for eyeballs anyways.

eBay account may have aided in Virginia Tech shootings.
The article is about how the shooter might have used a [...]

Thou shall never say ‘hop’ when I say ‘hip’. April 20, 2007

Dan le Sac v. Scroobius.

Thou shall not stop listening to a band just because they got popular.
(Can anyone explain the difference between the Anns and Cooper test in less than five words?)

1,400 Year family business ends their run April 19, 2007

A family-run Japanese temple building business founded in 578 A.D. ended their operations this year. The cause of their demise was simply banal misfortunes and change in market taste. Exuberance led them to over borrow in the early 90’s to invest in now deflated real estate and change in culture resulted in lower temple visits, [...]

Newer, cleaner, but not much faster, gmail. April 18, 2007

Greasemonkey is a firefox plug-in that allow users to run custom scripts. Think of it as the kitchen prep who works between the chef (the internet) and the waiter (your browser). Before your meal is served, the kitchen prep finesses your plate before it is placed on your table*. This plug-in is great, it can [...]