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November14

Tim lives in the UK, I live in Canada and we’re both listing to Internet radio while working. Tim is listening to CBC, I’m listening to BBC Radio 1:

I think I’m listening to better stuff.

Boys are Boys

November14



The Internet is overrun by geeky boys who can give your startup a boost. Realizing this and that geeky boys are like all boys and will stop to look at any mildly cute girl, a site is launched.

GirlInYourShirt

Charging enough so she can get loaded on weekends, this girl will promote your company.(via TechCrunch)

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Brilliant placement. A condom ad next to a bible studies ad.

November9

Lucky Kids!

November6

I Suggest That This Get Renamed to the “Bush Bias”

November4

Availability cascade — a self-reinforcing process in which a collective belief gains more and more plausibility through its increasing repetition in public discourse (or “repeat something long enough and it will become true”).

List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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Expensive Bill For My Hotel Room

October30

Luckily I don’t pay it. :)

Big Burrito at The Cheese Cake Factory in Seattle

October30

We Live In Canada, Right?

October29

Catastrophic snow before Halloween is God’s way of telling us we angered her by re-electing Harper.

Via The CBC

At the Sleepless Goat

October23

Apple Design Fail

October23

Example of apple design fail. Big album art, small song title—so I can’t read it while driving. No option to bump the font size?

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