Entries from January 2010

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Am I Just Figure Skating?

Via Penelope trunk Being an expert is not what you think, probably. For one thing, the article explains that “there is no correlation between IQ and expert performance in fields such as chess, music, sports, and medicine. The only innate differences that turn out to be significant—and they matter primarily in sports – are height [...]

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Everybody’s An Expert : The New Yorker

Human beings who spend their lives studying the state of the world, in other words, are poorer forecasters than dart-throwing monkeys, who would have distributed their picks evenly over the three choices. via newyorker.com Posted via web from crasch’s posterous

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Indoor treehouse

via i80.photobucket.com Posted via web from crasch’s posterous

Friday, January 29th, 2010

A look at Businessmen and their Mega-Mansions! « Homes of the Rich

via homesoftherich.net Posted via web from crasch’s posterous

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Oakland forces NIMBY to pay $17,000 in permit fees

“It’s like spending a year in line at the DMV, and at the end you still don’t know if you’re going to get the car title,” said Mike Snook, one of the three Nimby staffers. “It’s killing us.” Nimby has so far spent more than $17,000 on the permit process, money that has been almost [...]

Friday, January 29th, 2010

AFP: WikiLeaks shuts due to lack of funds, hopes to be back soon

WASHINGTON — Whistleblower website WikiLeaks has temporarily shut down because of financial difficulties. WikiLeaks.org announced it was suspending operations in a message on its homepage that included an appeal to the public for donations. “To concentrate on raising the funds necessary to keep us alive into 2010, we have reluctantly suspended all other operations, but [...]

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Pole dancing champion from Australia

via youtube.com Via flutterby. Posted via web from crasch’s posterous

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

The Art of The Flirt: How to Let ‘em Know You’re Interested With Ease and Confidence

Wish you could make breaking the ice and meeting people more fun? Looking for ways to overcome shyness? Want to uncover your bold, exuberant ability to connect deeply and playfully with anyone you choose? If so, this is the class for you! Flirting is about more than delivering cheesy one-liners or batting your eyes, hoping [...]

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Developer Town – Developer Town Blog – Why houses?

via developertown.com House-shaped offices on wheels. Posted via web from crasch’s posterous

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

To help Haiti’s earthquake victims, change U.S. immigration laws – washingtonpost.com

After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005, one of the principal ways its victims helped themselves was by leaving. Katrina prompted one of the biggest resettlements in American history. Who would have blocked Interstate 10 with armed guards, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to suffer in the disaster zone, [...]