Serenity's vision of the future is one step closer...

Hedge fund superstar Jim Rogers has three pieces of advice: "Get out of the dollar, teach your children Chinese, and buy commodities.''

He's moving his own family to Singapore.

Swiss IT

2008 is apparently the "Year of IT" in Switzerland. Facing a shortfall of skilled IT workers that can fill the gap created by those that are retiring or leaving, the Swiss IT sector has declared that they "will be producing T-shirts for the Chinese in 40 years time" if nothing is done.

If the banana hammock boxer briefs in the men's section of Globus are any indication of Swiss clothing style, Chinese men will start looking like International Male model rejects.

Gawker Stalker for DC

This post on Wonkette made me start to think why they don't have a Gawker Stalker for DC celebs (unless it's illegal in some strange way). Who wouldn't want to walk by Perrys and see Sen. Craig or crack up seeing Bernake getting a haircut at Bubbles in Pentagon City? I see a perfect partnership for Gawker and Wonkette.

Selective Blindness

Watch the video here. Your goal is to count the number of times the basketballs change hands. After you have finished watching the video, click here for the analysis.

This test was completely similar to the GMAT.

Your IQ Is 120

Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Above Average

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

It's been a tough day...

Low Expectations = Happiness

An article in the NYT studies the citizens of Denmark and finds that they are AMAZED when they don't get charged to supersize.

Generation Y Facts

Learned some interesting facts about Gen Y in my class in Chicago last week - facts that I remembered when I heard an NPR story about the topic this morning:

• Gen Y is defined (generally) as people born after 1980
• Average debt of Gen Y before entering college is $19,500
• After college average debt is $22,000+
• Trend in Gen Y is to move back into their parent's homes after graduation (see Chicago Red Eye article here); nicknamed the "boomerang" generation for obvious reasons
• Gen Y'ers expect to be promoted after 1 year of working

Interesting link here about job market differences between Y and X.

Time to get a job in the UK

From FP this morning:

Time to cancel that weekend trip to Europe:

Euro-dollar exchange rate, last 3 months

Or to Britain:

Pound-dollar exchange rate, last 3 months

Documented abuses against the French language

A recent posting on a website brought back a flood of humorous memories from last summer. Lots of Americans think that the correct usage of the French word voila (in essence, meaning "well, there you go") is REALLY spelled walla, wallah, vwallah.

Let's see how much Sarko loves us now.

Awesome random pic of the day

Khaaaaaaaan!!

Pandering to the Masses

Q: How do I pronounce Talloires (French town outside of Annecy)?
A: "Tahl-WAHR" + funky French lip thing at "Wah" sound + accent (bonus points)

Great Falls

Spent one of the last warm weekends in DC at Great Falls. Playing around with Autostitch...

Casa Bonita

So amped to see this article about vintage Denver in Boing Boing. The excitement caused by Casa Bonita can only make sense to Laramie / Denver locals.

Long live the sopaipillas and tableside sopaipilla flags!

Noteworthy from Wyoming

Great PR campaign for Wyoming Libraries courtesy of Jezebel.

Anyone remember this?

More 80's TV shows lusciousness

Esteban and the Mysterious Cities of the Gold...

This show stood out so clearly in my head - I remember being asked to be called "Esteban" in Spanish class rather than Ben-he-man.

Thanks be to Allah

For giving me Youtube, so that I might at last find out the name of that stupid 80s miniseries that only lasted 7 shows that I have thought about endlessly since I was 6 years old...

Behold... The Phoenix. Remember this one?

At last...

No more swinging around those cheap plastic lightsabers and making that "zwooom, zwoooom" sound like the lightsaber kid. LucasArts unveiled Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the Wii that will let players kick some ass by swingin' around the controllers. What would be a badass enhancement? If the game let you control the "force" without pressing any buttons, but rather Wiimote gestures alone...

Victoria Vox

We had the chance to meet a great musician through a friend over the past week - her name is Victoria Vox and just the fact that she plays the ukulele is awesome enough for me. Her sound is a cross between a female Jack Johnson with the voice of Emily Saliers from Indigo Girls. Have a listen and go see a show!