February 2008
9 posts
January 2008
20 posts
The oil sands of Alberta have created an oil... →
The oil sands of Alberta have created an oil boom in the Canadian province. And how much oil is there? Estimates bounced around for years until 1999, when Alberta got serious about determining its potential. Based on data from 56,000 wells and 6,000 core samples, the Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) came up with an astonishing figure: The amount of oil that could be recovered with existing...
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Books That Make You Dumb →
By collecting data on Facebook, this correlates favorite books to SAT scores per college to find smart/dumb books. [via]
A Spiral of Losses by a ‘Plain Vanilla’ Trader →
He apparently was dealing in tens of billions of dollars, making it hard to understand how that could go unnoticed. Meanwhile, the rest of us get to wait for our short-sighted $600 rebate check, which will add $219 billion to 2008’s projected budget deficit. Governments and banks get to create money from thin air while the rest of us have to work our asses off.
Facebook asked to pull Scrabulous →
Adam Carolla on unfinished projects.
Hotel Maids Challenge the Placebo Effect →
Two Lists of Complaints →
Perry Bible Fellowship book has pre-order sales... →
Awesome, and well deserved. The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and Other Stories. [via]
FFFFOUND! →
A constant stream of (usually interesting) imagery that’s great for design inspiration or to treat acute boredom.
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On Attention Spans →
