Miscellaneous and Fast

Daniel H. Pink: Some emotionally intelligent signs.
Lisa Girard: 7 deadly sins of business meetings.
The trailer for "The Awakening."
Cheating: "The Scrabble world is abuzz."
Podhoretz: The most succinct movie review of the summer.
Dire Straits: "Money for Nothing."
Kirsten Powers on Paul Ryan's appeal to Gen Xers.
Tom Hayden on asylum and Julian Assange.
Air France in Damascus asks passengers to chip in for fuel.
Ideas matter: Videos of Milton Friedman.
The Onion: Dallas declares state of emergency.
The trailer for "The Mysterians."
Brad Feld: CEOs should sit on another company's board.

Never Use Black

A fascinating tip from Ian Storm Taylor via Nicholas Bate.

Art Break: Dupas

Art Contrarian looks at the work of Jean Dupas.

Non-Techies of the World, Rejoice!

FutureLawyer notes a new offering from Khan Academy: computer science.

BTW: There is a button for the Khan Academy on the right side blog roll.

An Accurate Scale

We broke down and bought a new bathroom scale the other day. An accurate scale. One that doesn't give approximations like the last one we owned. The old one could be negotiated with because, after all, each time you stepped on it a different number would emerge. You always had a choice of higher, somewhat lower, and a lot lower and guess which one you'd choose.

The new one is ruthlessly precise. It goes into decimals and there's nothing bouncy or loose about it. You can adjust your toes and expel your breath without instantly losing five pounds. All in all, a rather glum companion. A nudge.

It's like having a little slice of the doctor's office in the corner.

The evil corner.

Management Question: Vision

"Have you been so busy studying the horizon and beyond that you are tripping over small stones?"

Quote of the Day

Tact consists in knowing how far we may go too far.

- Jean Cocteau

Bizarre World

Back by popular demand, David Hasselhoff with "Hooked on a Feeling."

Elvis, R.I.P.

Elvis Presley died 35 years ago. As Felton Jarvis, Elvis's record producer, said upon being informed of the loss:

"It's like someone just told me there aren't going to be any more cheeseburgers in the world."

Management Question: Supervision

"What are you doing that makes it more difficult for your employees to do their jobs?"