Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

Europe heads to beach, America heads to work: The United States is the only country where employees have no statutory leave, and they get about half as much time off in reality as Europeans get, according to the report, compiled by the Washington-based Centre for Economic Policy Research. “The United States is in a class […]

QDB: Quote #779320 <dsully> please describe web 2.0 to me in 2 sentences or less. <jwb> you make all the content. they keep all the revenue.

What do increased sales of Dark Side of The Moon tell us? Pink Floyd’s 1973 album has become the unofficial metric by which one measures a new audio format’s likely takeup, as there’s an apparently insatiable supply of people ready to buy and re-buy it whenever it is re-issued. According to the band’s site (tinyurl.com/d4ua7), […]

Remember the summer of Terry Schiavo? It was the summer of waiting. Waiting for her to die. And then after that we all sat around waiting for the Pope to die. And then waiting for the new Pope Ratburger to take over. This is the summer of releases. Paris Hilton’s release. iPhone’s release. Transformers, The […]

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James Hong: We learned a big lesson here: don’t expect smart, young people to do anything that you wouldn’t do yourself. Jim and I both had to admit, if we were 22 years old, we wouldn’t stick around running someone else’s cashcow for no equity, even if we earned salaries 2-3x the normal wage. We […]

How Your Brain Makes Political Decisions Westen’s thesis is simple. “A dispassionate mind that makes decisions by weighing the evidence and reasoning to the most valid conclusions bears no relation to how the mind and brain actually work.” That’s true when it comes to choosing a significant other, buying a car, and choosing a president. […]

(via Reddit) [N]ews of Nancy Daus’ death was posted on Wikipedia half a day before the police discovered the bodies. The posting reads: “Chris Benoit was replaced by Johnny Nitro for the ECW Championship match at Vengeance, as Benoit was not there due to personal issues, stemming from the death of his wife Nancy.” The […]

Andrea, Suzanne and I chillin’ like villains.

(via The Superficial – one of the two gossip blogs I check regularly) The Learning Annex has asked Paris Hilton to speak at the Real Estate and Wealth Expos in Seattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. They’re offering her $1 million to teach a one-hour class on “How to Build Your Brand.” The $1 million […]