Unemployment post-recession
This graph has been making the rounds (I got it from [Barry Ritholtz's](http://www.ritholtz.com)). It shows the percentage change in unemployment (Y-axis) and the months since the official start of the...
View ArticleBye-bye Sun
Sun Microsystems used to be one of my favorite tech companies. [Here's the SEC filing delisting](http://secfilings.com/searchresultswide.aspx?link=2&filingid=7003742) them now that Oracle owns it:...
View ArticleArt theft in Paris
Someone [stole 5 paintings](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/world/europe/21theft.html) from [Paris Museum of Modern Art](http://www.paris.fr/portail/english/Portal.lut?page_id=8118): The stolen...
View ArticleUnemployment
Here’s is [Calculated Risk's](http://calculatedriskimages.blogspot.com/2010/06/employment-recessions-may-2010.html) version of the scariest chart. It shows the change in employment as a percent since...
View ArticleMalapropism
Some Yogi Berra quotes and malapropisms: Half the lies they tell about me aren’t true. I never said most of the things I said. Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours....
View ArticleHow well do investments really pay?
This graphic from NY Times shows how well your investment would do depending on which year you invested (left axis) and how many years you invested (the top axis). For example, if you invested in 1990...
View ArticleDeath’s in Guantanamo
In the Vietnam war, 144 POWs died. According to documents released to the ACLU there were 190 deaths of detainees in the War on Terror (not all at Guantanamo). … a detainee was killed by an unnamed...
View ArticleIranian Hackers Suspected in Recent Security Breach
Looks like Iranian Hackers Suspected in Recent Security Breach are either trying to get back for Stuxnet and more on Stuxnet. More likely it was for a man-in-the-middle attack to install viruses or...
View ArticleHistory of Science Fiction
From here is this great history of science fiction in poster form. So many fond memories: “Cities in Flight”, “The World of Null A”, “Stranger in a Strange Land”, “Dune”, …
View ArticleInvesting my money
Here’s some reinforcement from The Big Picture about why I have trouble putting money in the stock market: Recall what Charles Ellis said when he was overseeing the $15-billion endowment fund at Yale...
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