Saturday, October 1, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Friday Media
Two guys climb a crane, high above La Defense, Paris. Nuts:
Cliff jumping in Europe [full screen it]:
MTB downhill 2011 (long but excellent) [full screen it]:
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Danny MacAskill. . . . Again
Way Back Home is the incredible new riding clip from Danny MacAskill, it follows him on a journey from Edinburgh back to his hometown Dunvegan, in the Isle of Skye.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Steve Jobs Quote
When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards! We can have a revolution! But the networks are really in business to give people what they want. It’s the truth.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Friday Tune
Copyright bullshiitake prevented me from embedding the youtube vid - so here's the link. . .
Red House Painters - Priest Alley Song
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
India - How Big ?
Previously I've posted on the sheer size of Africa and also the size of USA states' economies in relation to other countries. This time it's India turn (ripped from The Economist). Have a play with the interactive map.
As The Economist writes:
If Uttar Pradesh were to declare independence, it would be the world’s fifth most populous country (as the map below shows, it has about the same number of residents as Brazil). Yet its economy would only be the size of Qatar, a tiny oil-rich state of fewer than 2m people. That makes it poor on a per person basis. Despite India’s two decades of rapid growth, Uttar Pradesh’s GDP per head is close to that of Kenya. The map below presents country equivalents for India’s states and territories in terms of GDP, GDP per person (in PPP terms) and population.
As The Economist writes:
If Uttar Pradesh were to declare independence, it would be the world’s fifth most populous country (as the map below shows, it has about the same number of residents as Brazil). Yet its economy would only be the size of Qatar, a tiny oil-rich state of fewer than 2m people. That makes it poor on a per person basis. Despite India’s two decades of rapid growth, Uttar Pradesh’s GDP per head is close to that of Kenya. The map below presents country equivalents for India’s states and territories in terms of GDP, GDP per person (in PPP terms) and population.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Milken
About a year ago I posted on the Milken Conference. This year's MC looks like a cracker. Lots of vids and there will be something for everyone - whether you're interested in clean tech, infrastructure, emerging markets investing, US-centric financial issues, medical technology, sports ownership, tax reform, social media or longevity. Check out the vids list here.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Who is John Galt ?
Despite a bunch of Hollywood pinkos doing their best to ensure this film was never funded, it's been made. Whether it lives up to the book will be interesting.
Here's the trailer - Atlas Shrugged Part One:
Here's the trailer - Atlas Shrugged Part One:
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