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The Smoothest Con Man
This is an amazing con artist story. Victor Lustig was gutsy and very clever. The key to his scams were to get people to do something illegal, so they couldn’t call the authorities on him. His money-box scam convinced people to buy false counterfeiting equipment. And his Eiffel tower scam convinced his victims he was a bribe-able bureaucrat who would give preferential treatment to the highest bidder. Brilliant.
The Cheapest Generation
Derek Thompson and Jordan Weissmann writing in The Atlantic:
[T]he shift away from traditional suburbs toward denser, urban-light living could have major economic-growth implications on its own. Economic research shows that doubling a community’s population density tends to increase productivity by anywhere between 6 percent and 28 percent. Economists have found that more than half of the variation in output per worker across U.S. states can be explained by density. Our wealth, after all, is determined not only by our own skills and talents, but by our ability to access the ideas of those around us; there’s a lot to be gained by increasing the odds that smart people might bump against each other.
Advertising’s bumpy transition
Advertising’s bumpy transition
Seth Godin:
Until advertisers start to value the focused, memorable, impactful opportunity they have in buying the right ads in the right place for the right audience, web users are going to be stuck seeing irrelevant ads on sites that don’t respect their time and attention as much as they should. We have salespeople and investors and agencies and buyers that come from a world of mass and scarcity, and the opportunities of focus and connection and abundance are taking a while to sink in.
Wolfram|Alpha Personal Analytics for Facebook
Wolfram|Alpha Personal Analytics for Facebook
Stephen Wolfram is making all that stuff you’ve added into Facebook over the years into a personal analytics profile. You can make your own here. It creates a very cool report of your Facebook ‘social life’. I don’t use Facebook as much as I once did, so my report was on the slim side, but heavy users should get a very interesting look at their world according to Facebook.
A majestic male lion reveals his ‘inner cub’ as he becomes fixated on a little butterfly passing by.
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Movie posters with one letter removed.
Poo-capalypse
All I asked was, “How’s the day going?” The wife’s response:
So funny story…
You know when you were getting ready to leave, you helped Matthew get dressed? I almost told you not to, because I always get him dressed at the last minute, in case something happens to him to get dirty. Well today, something happened…
He and baby daniel were playing super cutely. Daniel was just in his diaper and Matthew in his uniform and mama was halfway thru her hair. All was going superbly well. Then Daniel had a massive blow out. His 2nd poop of the morning.
Matthew comes into the bathroom as I’m doing my hair. “Mama, the baby pooped on me”. OMG.
Poop everywhere. On his arms, on his shirt, on his legs, on his shorts, on his socks. Everywhere. Poo-capalypse!
Poo on the carpet. poo on the cars rug. Poo EVERYWHERE. It was epic.
So I had to fish Matthew’s dirty uniform from yesterday out of the hamper. It took 20 minutes to restore order.Then i somehow managed to finish my hair, get both boys dressed, and make it to school on time looking presentable. It was out of control.
Gabi, you’re an amazing mom, an amazing woman. I don’t know how you do it.
The Debunker: Is There A “Dark Side” Of The Moon?
The Debunker: Is There A “Dark Side” Of The Moon?
Ken Jennings:
It should be obvious that, indeed, one half of the Moon is always lit by the Sun, and one half is dark. But, despite the impression you may have gotten from bad science-fiction movies and prog-rock albums, it’s not always the same side…