Feeling Wealthy — Easier Than It Sounds
One of the tasks that is always on my to-do list: "Come up with some original new essay ideas for ETR." Not an easy job.
One of the tasks that is always on my to-do list: "Come up with some original new essay ideas for ETR." Not an easy job.
By cameron | Fri, Jan 21, 2011
Long before the Internet, jokes, lists, fun facts, and the like were circulated on old-fashioned paper. This sort of material was wryly dubbed “photocopier folklore” by Alan Dundes, a scholar who specialized in the phenomenon and compiled his discoveries into a series of books. One such item I recall was a list of the most commonly [...]
By Don Hauptman | Fri, Jan 21, 2011
Long before the Internet, jokes, lists, fun facts, and the like were circulated on old-fashioned paper. This sort of material was wryly dubbed “photocopier folklore” by Alan Dundes, a scholar who specialized in the phenomenon and compiled his discoveries into a series of books. One such item I recall was a list of the most commonly [...]
By Christian Hill | Fri, Jan 21, 2011
Yesterday, I discussed the dramatic rise in the “smartphone” and tablet PC markets around the world. In the third quarter of last year, shipments of smartphones rose 95% to an estimated 81 million units. And tablet PC sales are expected to increase by 57% a year for the next four years. The most visible company in [...]
By Early To Rise | Fri, Jan 21, 2011
Yesterday, I discussed the dramatic rise in the “smartphone” and tablet PC markets around the world. In the third quarter of last year, shipments of smartphones rose 95% to an estimated 81 million units. And tablet PC sales are expected to increase by 57% a year for the next four years. The most visible company in [...]
By Early To Rise | Thu, Jan 20, 2011
Hogarthian (ho-GAR-thee-un) means reminiscent of the paintings and engravings of William Hogarth, in which he satirized contemporary (18th century) vices and affectations. Example (as used by Tim Rutten in a Los Angeles Times review of The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey by Walter Mosley): “Robyn’s practical affection, which begins with an agonizing cleaning of Ptolemy’s Hogarthian [...]
By Christian Hill | Thu, Jan 20, 2011
Every time I am out with my friends and take out my cell phone, they laugh at me. It’s not because I have an obnoxious ringtone or a funny plastic cover on it. It’s because of the phone itself. It’s old. In the 3 years I have had the phone, technology has grown by leaps and bounds. And [...]
By Early To Rise | Thu, Jan 20, 2011
Every time I am out with my friends and take out my cell phone, they laugh at me. It's not because I have an obnoxious ringtone or a funny plastic cover on it.
By Early To Rise | Wed, Jan 19, 2011
My approach to life is to plan carefully, then relentlessly focus on execution. I don't mean to sound stuffy, but to me impulsiveness is a sign of irresponsible behavior. That's why those who know me best would lay 100-to-1 odds that I would never make a spur-of-the-moment decision to hop on a train and head for New York on New Year's Eve.
By Robert Ringer | Wed, Jan 19, 2011
My approach to life is to plan carefully, then relentlessly focus on execution. I don’t mean to sound stuffy, but to me impulsiveness is a sign of irresponsible behavior. That’s why those who know me best would lay 100-to-1 odds that I would never make a spur-of-the-moment decision to hop on a train and head for [...]
By Michael Masterson | Sat, Jan 22, 2011
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