December 2009
28 posts
Your Kidding →
Dec 30th
Tim McGraw Ropes Decade's Most Played Single →
Shared by Paul great song The most-played song on any radio station from Jan. 1, 2000, to Dec. 17, 2009, was Mr. McGraw’s “Something Like That,” which received 487,343 spins.
Dec 23rd
Most Profitable Global Companies →
Interesting graphic showing the world’s most profitable companies. Its no surprise that 6 of the top 10 firms with the greatest earnings are Oil companies. Full list after jump …
Dec 23rd
Chart Of The Day →
From Wonkroom:
Dec 23rd
The Year in Review Captured On a Google Wave... →
Shared by Paul AWESOME From the same folks at Whirled Interactive who brought us the excellently funny “Pulp Wave Fiction” comes another intelligent use of Google Wave as a…
Dec 22nd
Go thataway: Google Maps India learns to navigate... →
Shared by Paul cool Have you ever been lost? Perhaps you missed a turn because a street sign was poorly labeled, hard to see in the dark, or just not where it should have been? These are problems…
Dec 21st
“Porn” Among Top Search Terms for Kids →
In a somewhat worrying piece of news, security firm Symantec has released the top search terms by kids in 2009. Topping the lists: “YouTube,” “Google,” “Facebook,” “sex” and…
Dec 21st
Best and Worst Logos of 2009 →
Link: http://www.underconsideration.com/bra… Brand New rates the best and worst rebrandings of 2009. Can you guess the results? You may be surprised. Contribute: Add an image,…
Dec 21st
No Shit →
Dec 20th
Michael Balle: Lean is about better managing... →
Shared by Paul for chris and josh The fundamental insight is that in any cost structure there is a kernel of costs which are common to all competitors in terms of materials, components, labor,…
Dec 20th
Walmart →
Walmart Graph by: dragyngirl via Graph Jam Builder
Dec 20th
Usage of Internet Explorer →
Usage of Internet Explorer Graph by: Ahtin via Graph Jam Builder
Dec 20th
Lists & Rankings: Glassdoor Reveals Top 50... →
From the Web Site: The Glassdoor Best Places to Work list is based on the employee sentiment of their respective employers from throughout the past year¹. With all the economic ups and downs,…
Dec 17th
That’s A Bummer, Bill →
Dec 16th
Irrational Exuberance: Then & Now →
via RJ Matson, NY Observer
Dec 9th
All I Want For Christmas →
Dec 9th
To be fair, it’ll be there eventually anyway →
Vending Fail Picture by: dunno source Submitted by: Rick via Fail Uploader This is the bathroom of a Library in the City of Mesa, Arizona. I asked where the vending machine was to get…
Dec 7th
Huge cigarettes or tiny kid? →
Photo Fail Picture by: david Submitted by: david via Fail Uploader
Dec 7th
Another (sobering) slice of the jobs data →
Here’s a pretty depressing picture, courtesy of the Bureau of Labor Statistics: This means that, as of November, 19.4% of American men in their prime working years didn’t have jobs. By this measure,…
Dec 7th
Chart Of The Day →
Ezra Klein made a graph from a recent Vanity Fair poll. The question: “Could you confidently explain what exactly the public option is to someone who didn’t know?” The gap is…
Dec 7th
Screwed Up →
Dec 7th
Now you see it, now you don't →
Shared by Paul COOL You may have noticed that our homepage is sporting a new look. Today we’re excited to be releasing a new version of our classic homepage. The main feature of the new homepage…
Dec 6th
2012 Olympics Logo: Lisa Simpson Giving Bart Head →
So wrong on so many levels. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »
Dec 4th
Limiting Free to .edu →
Free ain’t what it used to be. It costs a lot of money. Keeping content free can be very expensive. Just look at the decision process that Hulu is going through. On one hand, the site is an…
Dec 3rd
Gay-bashing woman humiliated for wearing hideous... →
An angry loser (right) came to Syracuse University to make a fool of herself by spreading pathetic hatred and was treated to a happy mutant style stunt by this smiling student, named Chris…
Dec 1st
A Lesson for All of Us →
Dec 1st
Open Post: Hosted By The Internet's Favorite... →
Fuck the Tiger Woods story. Screw that White House crashers bullshit. This right here is the most interesting thing that made its way into my inbox this weekend. It’s Surprised Kitty!…
Dec 1st
Tech Adoption, Then and Now →
Nice graph from Morgan Stanley showing the pace of technology adoption this time around in the case of wireless ‘net access. Mobile Internet has ramped dauntingly faster than prior technologies,…
Dec 1st