Archive for October, 2008
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Understanding the Financial Crisis
I’m sure all of you are smarter than me, but you might still have a hard time figuring out how so many banks and financial institutions have lost so much money that we have to pony up $750B to bail them out. Well, never fear, Marketplace is here to explain to us all what the [...]
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Where's My Share?
I’m sure a fair few of you know that my Sicilian ancestors come from a place called Catania, on the east coast of the island. It’s one of Italy’s poorest cities in one of Italy’s poorest regions.
Despite that, Catania are (as of this writing) 3rd on the Serie A league table and “we’ve” just won [...] -
Baconnaise
Thank Goodness!
“Baconnaise, the ultimate bacon flavored mayonnaise spread, is coming in late October 2008″
The best part is their tag line – “Everything should taste like Bacon.” -
Epic Yo Mama Fight
You could spend your time searching on #yo mama for the political Dozens, or you could just head to Boing Boing for the summary.
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Parfaitement Con
Apple proves why you shouldn’t use an online service to translate your ad copy.
http://tinyurl.com/4ytq7z
Only NSFW if your colleagues speak French, and if that’s the case, they’re probably cool enough to get this anyway.
