Monthly Archive for November, 2008

Enterprising pirates

I have to wonder where this trend will stop. If you are hijacking supertankers, it can’t be that much of a leap to complete the distribution chain and make some real money. Somewhere in Somalia a band of pirates is passing a bong and designing logos for their chain of gas stations. I can see it now: You get a free eye patch with every tank, and the price is always AAAARG!

Scott Adams Blog: Pirates 11/18/2008.

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell’s new book comes out on Tuesday and it looks just as promising as Blink and Tipping Point.  Gladwell put together a brief FAQ on the book here.

gladwell.com: Outliers!

OneLessDesk by Heckler Design

A bit pricey at $722 shipped, but a clever minimalistic design.  I especially like how accessories like external hard drives are hidden underneath the table top.

OneLessDesk™ by Heckler Design

New meaning for land of the red man

If you were following any of the Tuesday evening election coverage, you might have been wondering why Oklahoma was the first state west of the Mississippi to pop up on the map:

Oklahoma was the only place in the whole country where every single county voted for John McCain, making it the reddest of the red states.

Apparently voter patterns haven’t changed much in Oklahoma since the 1915 U.S. Supreme Court case Guinn vs. United States made our state constitution’s “grandfather clause” unconstitutional.

via Tulsa World