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Subsequently, I think a lot about what I read & write
Now these notes are going live on the world wide web.
I like to think of it as 'plunging' the cr** out of news media, gathering facts and making occassional predictions (that are correct 97.8% of the time)

08/31/2010

Elite Grads Report Lower Job Satisfaction

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“At a given salary level, graduates of elite colleges and universities are 11 percentage points less likely to be satisfied with their pay and 9 percentage points less likely to be satisfied with the challenge of their work than grads of low-quality colleges, according to researchers led by Xiangmin Liu of Penn State. Alumni of better colleges tend to have higher aspirations, the researchers point out.” SOURCE: thedailystat from Harvard Business Review

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08/26/2010

» "Why Hackers love 8 character passwords" from Harvard Business Review's dailystat

How to create a ‘super password’ - CNN.com

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» PolicyMound: Why do so many lawyers turn to fiction?

From NPR’s ALL THINGS CONSIDERED July 27th with Richard Patterson…

“Why do so many lawyers turn to fiction?

RICHARD PATTERSON (Author, “In the Name of Honor”): Well, they may be desperate to leave their current profession for one thing, but aside from that, if you think about what…

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07/24/2010

Transparency: Which Governments Demand Google Remove Information (from GOOD) http://bit.ly/bf10Gm

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» The Story of Cosmetics - No More Dirty Looks - from GOOD

A comic-strip representation of the ‘dirty’ cosmetics industry and the ingredients within…. it’s well, GOOD! Thanks Good Magazine (www.good.is) for yet another marvelous visual (we love Good’s infographics by the way) that surprisingly isnt an infographic!

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How to deal with life’s distractions from lifehacker, this image is how  most of us feel right? I know I do…
via quotivation

How to deal with life’s distractions from lifehacker, this image is how most of us feel right? I know I do…

via quotivation

Posted at 8:14 PM (1 month ago) | Permalink

» We heart Chart Porn (sorry no 'nekkid' pics here guys - just infographics)

The plunger hearts infographics so ChartPorn melts our face off with visuals to stimulate the visual intellect of our minds (sorry guys, but actual naked lady ‘porn’ is no where to be found on this website)

Link posted at 8:09 PM (1 month ago) | Permalink

Largest consumer of oil in the world = <drum roll>

Largest consumer of oil in the world = U.S. Military

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07/21/2010

“Highly bored workers “are more likely to die younger than those who are not bored,” the researchers say…” (via @thedailystat)

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