An excellent read:
”In order to ensure that this common speculation hazard doesn’t crush you, there are crucial steps to take so you not only survive but thrive as a speculator. They involve emotional steeling, position-limited portfolio construction, mechanical profit and loss management, and a carefully cultivated understanding of the true random nature of the tactical markets.”
I noticed that I’ve been getting a lot of traffic from places all over the world these days so I decided to add a couple “translation” buttons on the right side of my site.
Currently I only have ones for French, Italian and Spanish but I’ll be adding more when I get the chance. If you are interested in doing this for your blog see a great explanation here.
Once I get a chance I plan on adding the ability to subscribe from some of the new homepage’s that have been gaining traction also – like pageflakes and my favourite netvibes.
This contest sounds interesting. I’m constantly inventing things and now I’ve got my big chance to have one of my ideas become a global success story – the next iPod perhaps??
“Design your own product using a miniature 20 Gig hard drive and win $5000 for your winning idea.”
Wait a minute.
Maybe.
Just maybe. Yes. Yes this will work! Oh man, it just effing came to me in a blinding moment of clarity!
The miniature hard drive should be used to………
Today’s post is designed to receive a bit of feedback. I believe there are around 35 people that are following this blog’s rss feed.
I’d love to get a comment from those who follow along as opposed to those that stumble in through search engine traffic.
Even just a “hello!” would make me smile.
The 2nd richest man in the world, Warren Buffet, is giving his money to the 1st richest man in the world – Bill Gates (and his wife).
My favourite quotes from the article:
"Who wouldn't select Tiger Woods to take his place in a high-stakes golf game?
"…A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything but not enough to do nothin."
Link to interview in Fortune
Link to previous Warren Buffet pieces of advice
The Herbarium is a design concept that makes growing herbs on your windowsill as automated and easy as making a pot of coffee – even for the non-botanically-inclined.
Each pad is also equipped with a RFID tag, which is monitored by the Herbarium to ensure optimal growing conditions for each individual plant (whether basil, thyme, sage, etc.), providing a little extra help for those of us without green thumbs. (link)
Can a human subsist on a constant diet of pelletized, nutritionally complete food like puppies and monkeys do? For the good of human kind, I'm about to find out. On June 3, 2006, I began my week of eating nothing but monkey chow: "a complete and balanced diet for the nutrition of primates, including the great apes."
Check out the blog here
More here
Top 25 Free New York Experiences (via)
May 24, 2006
- Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
- Gaze up at the ceiling of the New York City Public Library's
Reading Room- Marvel at the bustle of Grand Central Terminal
- Ride the Staten Island Ferry for awesome views of the city and the Statue of Liberty (free)
- Listen in on a choir rehearsal at St. Thomas Church
- Browse the art galleries in Chelsea and Soho
- Check out famous film sites
- Visit the Bronx Zoo (free on Wednesdays; donation suggested)
- Be entertained by Washington Square Park's street performers
- Walk Somewhere and Everywhere
- Whitney Museum of American Art (Friday 6-9 pm; pay what you wish)
- Play in Central Park
- Museum of Modern Art (Free Fridays 4-8 pm)
- Smell the flowers at the New York Botanical Garden (free Sat. 10-noon; Wed.)
- Head to Brooklyn for the thrills of Coney Island's Astroland ($2-5 a ride)
- Catch Shakespeare in the Park
- Metropolitan Museum of Art ($15 suggested donation)
- Kayak on the Hudson at the Downtown Boathouse (free)
- Attend a reading at one of the city's many independent bookstores
- Watch a free flick during the summer in Bryant Park
- Catch a free show at the Apple store in Soho
- See what's moored at Pier 63
- Check out the sculptures in Madison Square Park
- Pick up lunch at the Shake Shack
- Enjoy Free Wi-Fi: Bryant Park, Battery Park, Union Square Park
