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"Last spring, in a far corner of the Internet, an unknown blogger began to piece together a..."

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:22:23 -0400

“Last spring, in a far corner of the Internet, an unknown blogger began to piece together a conspiracy theory: The investment bank Goldman Sachs was using sophisticated, high-speed computers to siphon hundreds of millions of dollars in illegitimate trading profits from the New York Stock Exchange, invisibly undercutting the market and sidestepping the regulatory reach of the Securities and Exchange Commission.”

- The Rising Power of Financial Blog Zero Hedge

"I think less than 20% of the companies we back end up doing what they started out planning on doing."

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:04:20 -0400

“I think less than 20% of the companies we back end up doing what they started out planning on doing.”

- Events Often Overtake Companies

"Not at all. Central bankers have no clue. In the first place, the financial crisis was not a black..."

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:10:23 -0400

“Not at all. Central bankers have no clue. In the first place, the financial crisis was not a black swan. It was perfectly predictable. They ignored the phenomenal buildup in leverage since 1980. They acted like airline pilots who’d never heard of hurricanes.”

- ‘We still have the same disease’

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Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:30:58 -0400

"It’s just the Island way,” he said."

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:27:08 -0400

““It’s just the Island way,” he said.”

- Islanders give from heart to devastated city family

"Goldman Sachs has developed a tradable index of life settlements, enabling investors to bet on..."

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:54:32 -0400

“Goldman Sachs has developed a tradable index of life settlements, enabling investors to bet on whether people will live longer than expected or die sooner than planned. The index is similar to tradable stock market indices that allow investors to bet on the overall direction of the market without buying stocks.”

- Back to Business - Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance

"Last night Jeffrey passed away. As readers of his blog, you know about his zest for life. He had a..."

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:15:03 -0400

“Last night Jeffrey passed away. As readers of his blog, you know about his zest for life. He had a passion for living and did it with reckless abandon. He gave so much of himself – to his family, to his friends, to his work – all because he loved his life and what he did.”

- Goodbye Jeffrey

"We used to have an agency “sex” contest near the end of every year. … We’d go to a..."

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:14:46 -0400

“We used to have an agency “sex” contest near the end of every year. … We’d go to a no-name Mexican restaurant, … and we’d drink giant margaritas all day.”

- Veteran ad exec says ‘Mad Men’ really were about sex, booze

"SHOULD the biometric data in defunct registered-traveller schemes be destroyed? American politicians..."

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:45:36 -0400

“SHOULD the biometric data in defunct registered-traveller schemes be destroyed? American politicians and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are considering this question at the moment.”

- The fate of Registered Traveller data

Video Session : Denison Witmer

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:44:46 -0400

Video Session : Denison Witmer

Single point of failure

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:37:51 -0400

Single point of failure:

“We exposed ourselves to a huge single point of failure called Facebook. I’ve ranted for years about how bad an idea it is for startups to be mobile-carrier dependent. In retrospect, there is no difference between Verizon Wireless and Facebook in this context.”

I wrote about this a lot when Facebook apps first launched.

Video

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:25:23 -0400

"The city once earned more than half a million dollars a year in vending rights from two hot dog..."

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:31:35 -0400

“The city once earned more than half a million dollars a year in vending rights from two hot dog carts in front of the museum.”

- Disabled Veterans Are Hot Dog Vendors to the Museum’s Patrons

Photo

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:59:35 -0400

"International trade and global financial markets are very good at generating wealth, but they cannot..."

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:20:59 -0400

“International trade and global financial markets are very good at generating wealth, but they cannot take care of other social needs, such as the preservation of peace, alleviation of poverty, protection of the environment, labor conditions, or human rights – what are generally called what are generally called ‘public goods’.”

- George Soros, On Globalization, 2003 (via ambivalence)

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:18:47 -0400

Gone Forever: What Does It Take to Really Disappear?

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:22:49 -0400

Gone Forever: What Does It Take to Really Disappear?:

Then, in the fading Sunday afternoon light, with his daughter and mother-in-law occupied in the cabin, Sheppard walked down to the dock with Monica and their black lab, Fluke. When Monica looked away, Sheppard helped the dog — always eager for a swim, just as he’d counted on — off the platform and into the Little Red River’s notoriously deadly current.

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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:00:32 -0400

"46 per cent of the population was born outside Canada. These numbers give Toronto a competitive..."

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:50:56 -0400

“46 per cent of the population was born outside Canada. These numbers give Toronto a competitive advantage in diversity that it must learn to harness more effectively.”

- Diverse, talented city a laggard on innovation

The Parisians

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:27:21 -0400

The Parisians