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Greed is good for you? [Economist]
“So what lessons can ordinary mortals glean from the Krocs and the Kerkorians? First, be your own boss—then nobody can sack you or force you to retire. Voters and managers, who control the fates of politicians and of ordinary workers, are foolishly susceptible to ageist prejudice. Shareholders, by contrast, don’t care how wrinkly a chap looks so long as he delivers the dividends. Second, never retire—it rots the brain. “
Sounds like sage advice.
Wayfaring Map - Christmas Trees in New York City
Make your place festive with a Xmas tree!
Interactive Transit Map for NYC
Another Google mash-up. Tell it where you want to go and it will tell you how to get there, barring a strike of course!
How to Split a Shared Cab Ride - Economists Weigh In
If you’ve ever been confronted with this dilemma, you’ll find this link pretty interesting. Unfortunately, it seems a bit overly complex with all these economists’ views!
Showtime may rescue ‘Arrested Development’ - Yahoo! News
Hurray for Arrested Development
Num Sum: web spreadsheet
Cool web spreadsheet program.I’ve been looking for something like this!! Unfortunately, it’s not responsive enough for my taste.
Can This Man Reprogram Microsoft? - New York Times
Ray Ozzie - leading a revolution at Microsoft? And is Google going to roll out a killer $200 thin-client computer?
MacGyver Tip: Remove lint with a FedEx airbill pouch - Lifehacker
Niice.
Eight Life Hacks for Health, Wealth, and Happiness : kadavy.net
Some advice on simplifying
Blockbuster Introduces MovieSuite
29.99 per month for online DVD rentals, 2 coupons for in-store rentals AND 2 tickets for the movie theatre… seems like a good idea, if you actually use it, unlike me who pays Blockbuster $16 per month for the pleasure of holding Big Lebowski and Blue Velvet
WSJ.com - Uggs Again? What Last Year’s ‘It’ Gift Does for an Encore
I just bought some Ugg boots last week. They are super duper comfortable and VERY warm, even if they don’t look very attractive
Calculation of NPV of MBA
Is an MBA worth it? Note that the author assumes 10% earnings growth post-MBA and 7% earnings growth without an MBA. I think the earnings growth should be about the same, but maybe the starting point would differ?
The Consumerist: Shoppers Bite Back
Interesting new blog from Gawker Media for consumers — watch out for scams!
theory.isthereason » From Del.icio.us to WordPress: How to automatically post daily links
Guide to posting links to Wordpress blogs using Del.icio.ous… pretty easy and hopefully it will work!
Update: It didn’t work.. I did this manually today, but last night it looked like Delicious was “down for maintenance.” Hopefully it will work today 
Check out this web-based IM aggregator called Meebo.. IM your friends anywhere, without downloading software! Cool.
Founded by some kids I knew in college. Wow!
Update - they’ve just been funded by Sequoia. Whoa!
Yahoo has come out with a new service called Yahoo Answers. Looks pretty interesting… the new site is a community based Q&A forum.
Basically anyone can type in any question and any user can submit an answer. So in some respects, it’s like Wikipedia or eHow or How-To By You (an experimental website where anyone could answer how-to questions, looks like it’s down now), where you leverage the knowledge of the community to find answers.
As this recent NYT article, “Snared in the Web of a Wikipedia Liar”, notes, though, information posted by users online may not be accurate or reliable.
I think Yahoo Answers is interesting, but another challenge might be the ease by which users can find information. I hope they’ve set up good categories and contexts. For example, what if questions are related to NYC and services — say I want to find a good hair-dresser or a reliable petsitter. It would be nice to have a good place to ask these questions, sort of like Chowhound’s message board, except for everything instead of just food.
Here’s a couple links to information services/resources:
Hmm, there was a NYT article discussing the rise of these answering services, but I can’t seem to locate it. Furl’s search function really sucks!! Does anyone remember that article? There was also another article in NYT (or was it the New Yorker?) discussing the researchers behind Google Answers… ordinary people who like to sleuth around on the Internet for answers to questions.
Instant millions can’t halt winners’ grim slide [NYT]”
“For Mack W. Metcalf and his estranged second wife, Virginia G. Merida, sharing a $34 million lottery jackpot in 2000 meant escaping poverty at breakneck speed.
Years of blue-collar struggle and ramshackle apartment life gave way almost overnight to limitless leisure, big houses and lavish toys. Mr. Metcalf bought a Mount Vernon-like estate in southern Kentucky, stocking it with horses and vintage cars. Ms. Merida bought a Mercedes-Benz and a modernistic mansion overlooking the Ohio River, surrounding herself with stray cats…
In 2003, just three years after cashing in his winning ticket, Mr. Metcalf died of complications relating to alcoholism at the age of 45. Then on the day before Thanksgiving, Ms. Merida’s partly decomposed body was found in her bed.”
How sad!
