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Cover via Amazon This weekend I listened to “The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home” by Dan Ariely. Once again Dan writes, with a really witty and friendly prose, an important look … Continue reading →

He can cause singularity events at will Tom created myspace to become his friend. When your internet goes down it’s because he is sad. When he hiccups, google’s infrastructure does too Everybody is joining Twitter to follow him, while he … Continue reading →

I don’t think this is a real one like Black Dynamite. Still funny

Ran into this beauty and I think I’ll enjoy it thoroughly. You can watch it on netflix

From Chad Fowler’s blog http://chadfowler.com/2009/6/9/the-unexpected-consequences-of-consumerism : American reaction to the Exxon Valdez oil spill in the late 80s. The nation suddenly became, on the average, much more environmentally minded. So what did we do? We bought “environmental” products. Recycled products, … Continue reading →

I guess the assumption made from the ruby-central guys is that there are many, many, many really overweight programmers in our community. While our profession does port itself to long ours, unhealthy habits and poor diets I am happy to … Continue reading →