January 2012
3 posts
“However, if you replace Lorenz invariance with Galilean invariance in special...”
– In a universe where the speed of light is infinite…
I am so glad this poster cleared that up for me.
“spectators have started to wonder aloud if 2012 will be the year China’s system...”
– The biggest challenge facing China | Seeing Red in China
December 2011
5 posts
“The problem isn’t Mozilla breaking add-ons, it is add-on developers not...”
– firefox
Yup, the problem isn’t the tsunami, it’s the villagers not rebuilding their huts. That’s how it goes with Firefox updates and all your plugins.
Corporate helplines fallaciously assume we...
Barclays ad “you only need one number to access all your banking needs” presumably means horrible automated switchboards and much longer to find what you want. Why on earth should one number for all your needs be a good thing?
Why not just publish a long list of different phone numbers for every main category of enquiry? It’s not like it would be hard to understand, or hard to...
“It is unclear how foreign workers can collect pension or unemployment benefits,...”
– Foreigners in China squeezed by pensions, taxes - Yahoo! Finance
(amusing understatement)
“I happen to have 8 GB of RAM but Skype is not what I’ve bought it...”
– Huge memory footprint - Skype Support Network
“in discussing whether or not capital is being misallocated it is not enough to...”
– China Financial Markets » How do we know that China is overinvesting?
November 2011
3 posts
“$7.77 Trillion”
– Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks $13 Billion - Bloomberg
“if they cling to this mentality of treating Chinese customers as second-class...”
– This is a typical whining China-centric view. Of course the corporations are not targeting Chinese. They just don’t give enough of a flying f*k about ANY consumers. Ultimately that is actually up to the consumers to educate themselves and vote with their feet. If you want quality organic food,...
“Perhaps we are coming to the end of a free lunch society.”
– What the World Will Look Like if Occupy Wall Street Wins - Money Morning
October 2011
4 posts
Need to make an office wall poster out of this...
When you are with someone who is inputting their password or PIN, do you (a) stare at the keyboard intently; (b) hover behind their shoulder possibly glancing at the keyboard; (c) exaggeratedly walk away a few steps or turn your back and look into the distance ?
THE ONLY CORRECT ANSWER IS C GODDAMIT!!
“Lame dinosaur name: Hypacrosaurus (meaning “near the highest lizard”...”
– Hypacrosaurus
“you can never solve a debt problem with more debt”
– Prophets Of Doom: 12 Shocking Quotes From Insiders About The Horrific Economic Crisis That Is Almost Here
“China can build systems, but is still struggling to maintain them”
– All Roads Lead to China » Cleaning Up China’s Failed Systems
September 2011
3 posts
“Amazon homepage went on a pilgrimage to attain Apple levels of simplicity”
– The Day the Skeuomorph Died
“gray area.” - with such a name it joins a long list of other activities that...”
– Gift Recycling: China’s Not-So-Underground Economy ~ Lost Laowai China Blog
“if the heavens were striking in cases of spontaneous combustion then there would...”
– ‘First Irish case’ of death by spontaneous combustion
August 2011
16 posts
“serious without a suit”
– Google: Our philosophy
“assembly-copying-manufacturing economy”
– [China described on:] All Together Now - NYTimes.com
“Mindless optimism is dangerous because it allows darker forces to emerge, but...”
– Ben Schneiderman - Preface to “Access by Design - A guide to universal usability for web designers”
“One of the answers is to start moving back to the U.S”
– China costs start to worry U.S. multinationals
China’s newly rich flaunting wealth →
“central bank “pushing on a string.” It wants to inflate, but no matter how hard...”
– Hedging the worst-case scenario
“like a cross between a Roy Lichtenstein’s famous Wham painting, and the...”
– New poster arrives for Red Tails - Den of Geek
2 tags
“The copy in most corporate advertisements is distinguished by a self-serving,...”
– Ogilvy on Advertising - 1983
“M.A. Screech opposed this view and interpreted Rabelais as an Erasmian Christian...”
– François Rabelais - Wikipedia
Surely “M A Screech” is the ultimate dry academic’s name!
“watching flashes of colour going by, as if I was undergoing a glorified new and...”
– An Open Letter To Action Movie Editors & Directors - Den of Geek
“China has one of, if not the highest, rates of IV prescription. Nearly 80% of...”
– Going to the hospital in China – A few tips for medical emergencies in the middle kingdom | Seeing Red in China
“China’s debt load…estimates from 50% to 80% of GDP. The breadth of that...”
– China: inflating away debt
“discretion to remove face coverings under any circumstances where there is...”
– UK riots: advice for the public : Directgov - Newsroom
“Become a bourgeois spy agent”
– Hand Painted Spy Camera Painting with Wireless Remote Control (4GB)
“subway station in Pyongyang”
–
Inside North Korea - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic
July 2011
6 posts
“grow up with intact genitals”
– Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project (CAN-FAP)
“There was little or no defence of the establishment in the anti-establishment...”
– Why they shouldn’t change the name of the Captain America movie - Den of Geek
Nice article!
“Barnes & Noble Inc. and Amazon.com … won’t be able to pick up...”
– Borders Forced to Liquidate, Close All Stores - WSJ.com
This is a significant statement about how market share really works especially in relation to brand loyalty!
“Overall it seems manageable but the real question: is anyone going to manage it?”
– China - New government report uncovers China’s $1.7 trillion “time bomb”
omg that is the classic China quote of the month
“Don’t go dark and leave them wondering what you’re doing”
– What Tools Should I Include in My Work-from-Home Toolkit?
June 2011
9 posts
“When the fox fails to reach the grapes, he decides he does not want them after...”
– Cognitive dissonance - Wikipedia
“series of changes to make our products more consistent and intuitive”
– Changes to the look of Google Calendar
According to Parkinson’s Law this is the beginning of the end for Google, if the only thing they’ve got left to work on is tidying up consistent design templates.
“the changes are just cosmetic and have not affected the way Calendar...
“Non, Nokia n’a pas de plan B”
– Le Journal du Geek
Sometimes it is best said in French!
“The French writer Émile Deschamps claims in his memoirs that, in 1805, he was...”
– Synchronicity
“terminal groyne syndrome”
– Groyne - what? Just discussing longshore drift…
“On two occasions I have been asked,—”Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into...”
– Garbage In, Garbage Out
“Bushmanov describes himself as a “freelance researcher”, although...”
– Russian Hacker Has Skype Fuming
May 2011
11 posts
