Interesting weekend reading.
quite interesting – Information Overload – By piedmonthudson – This fabulous simple graphic from Jessica Hagy, courtesy of http://flowingdata.com, has initiated some very interesting discussion, both serious and humorous. First, yours truly attempted some further illustration and logical discussion. This led to what follows.(chart on right) – PiedmontHudson’s Weblog
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Top 20 most common passwords of all time revealed: ‘123456,’ ‘princess,’ ‘qwerty’
By Joe McKendrick – SmartPlanet
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worth reading – Fed Likely to Extend Quantitative Easing – The Inflection Point – Seeking Alpha
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Investment Outlook – Bill Gross – The Ring of Fire – a must read on debt and deleveraging – PIMCO
Video: Johnny Cash – Ring of Fire 1963
video idea: hattip John Cervarich
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Gene impact beats i-pad in the long run – Nick Gogerty – Shocker folks, the i-pad will grow in popularity, but won’t change cultural institutions, values or belief systems much. Gene testing and diagnostics will change cultural institutions, values and belief systems. These are some old gene chips to the left. I used to help run a project that played around with these. A firm called Counsyl is releasing a new chip that tests for 100 genetic related dis-orders. This $700-800 chip will allow couples to determine the likelihood of a common or rare dis-order being passed down. – Designing Better Futures