Some people call me an entrepreneur. Now I know why …

The Newfoundland Department of Employment claimed a boat owner wasn’t paying proper wages to his hired help.  So they sent an agent to Burin to investigate him. GOVT AGENT: “I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them.” Boat Owner: “Well, there’s Clarence, my hired hand; he’s been with me for …
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DTRTTRW in yoga pants: FouseyTube

More than 15 million people have watched Yousef Saleh Erakat’s most popular video – the Yoga Pants Prank.  It’s funny and it works. Erakat highlights embarrassing aspects of modern culture, like men gawking at women (when they shouldn’t) and women flaunting their booty in public, which encourages men to be misogynistic and other women to flaunt …
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Millions of classic images, free online.

Kalev Leetaru has uploaded a searchable database of 12 million historical copyright-free images to Flickr.  Most of the images that are in the books are not in any of the art galleries of the world – the original copies have long ago been lost.  The pictures range from 1500 to 1922, when copyright restrictions kick …
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FiveThirtyEight – a place for thinking

Nate Silver, famous for accurate political predictions, and his team relaunched fivethirtyeight.com, a website focussed on mining data and interpreting it, under ESPN sponsorship on St Paddy’s day.   FiveThirtyEight.com covers a range of current issues from economics to science to sports in a thoughtful, useful way.  Though a US focus predominates, that’s OK in a …
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Whoops! A big picture story.

A story about the search for truth, the meaning of life and the answer to everything.  Finally an edition that is readable.  It might have a few typos which will be removed as we find them, but the important bits read well enough. Enjoy free chapters on-line: The Meaning of Life Clarifying the Big Picture …
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A guide to operating system users.

What’s your operating system?  See the pie-chart below for insight.  Humour from GraphJam.com. Anyway, what is an operating system?  It’s the boss. from The Full Wiki: Most ordinary computer users take their operating system for granted. The easiest way to understand what an operating system does is to take a close look at what computers …
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Maps that explain the world

This article in the Washington Post presents 40 maps that explain the world.  They are all interesting and easy to digest.  The three maps below are examples which illustrate key issues the world grapples with now. This map shows where the wealth is.  It shows national wealth and density of people, but not individual income. …
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The Old Lie: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori

The lie that inspires people to kill, and to die.  Don’t forget.  Remember the shame of war.  Remember the cost of war, which honour and glory can not repay. Dulce Est Decorum Est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned …
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