June 2011
35 posts
“Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it...”
– Joe Paterno (via fashionninag)
US man stages $1 bank robbery to get state... →
I’m not sure if this is a brilliant commentary on the absurd reality of the way public funds are used, or if it’s just a very sad story of a desperate man. A little from column A, and a little from column B I suspect.
“What stats allow you to do is not take things at face value. The idea that I...”
– Billy Beane (via FT.com / A football revolution)
Note to entrepreneurs: Your idea is not special →
It’s rarely about the idea, success is about the execution.
“The miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self,...”
– Kruger and Dunning (the Dunning–Kruger effect
“The normal laws of development are inverted here in the Congo. The forest, not...”
– Tim Butcher from Blood River
Lost Malawi tea →
Could not recommend this enough, it’s absolutely delicious.
“Every law is an infraction of liberty.”
– Jeremy Bentham (via Verge Q A: Dr. Jack Kevorkian)
“We’re living through the social revolution, which is every bit as significant as...”
– What a load of old shite from David Jones
“United’s exposure added considerable weight to the argument that they have...”
– Pete Gill in 16 Conclusions Whingers And Loners. Absolutely spot on.
