December 2011
“it is true that most, if not all, web companies are not optimizing for profits...”
– A VC: Profitable: To Be Or Not To Be?
“But, Ciasullo said the Forest Fire Service would not give the borough a permit...”
– New Jersey Herald - Ogdensburg tree-burning tradition snuffed
“Ultimately, this strategy was more about personality than effectiveness. Schultz...”
– The Arrogance of “Unlimited” Growth | Re-Envision | Big Think
Crew Lays Power Cable Beneath the Hudson -... →
The cables, coiled in huge steel baskets on the deck of the ship, were custom-made in a factory near Naples to survive for decades in the muck and clay beneath the Hudson. The ship, the Giulio Verne, is one of only two in the world capable of laying so much heavy cable across ocean floors and deep riverbeds.
“Real leaders, wrote the novelist David Foster Wallace, are people who “help us...”
– Leadership Lessons From the Shackleton Expedition - NYTimes.com
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“The summit of the soul is like a mountain top which has been hidden in the...”
– The New Man, (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux) 1961
“John Chamberlain, who almost singlehandedly gave automotive metal a place in the...”
– John Chamberlain, Artist of Auto Metal, Dies at 84 - NYTimes.com
“He is a potential future president of this club, and she is doing this to stay...”
– War erupts at the historic Explorers Club after prominent director Josh Bernstein is disciplined - NYPOST.com
“It was an interesting experience but not one I’d want to repeat. You had a...”
– —Sony Music U.K. chief Nick Gatfield on his experience at EMI, HITS Daily Double: Rumor Mill
“Do the big publicity push after you’ve already figured out how to build a...”
– Why you shouldn’t launch your startup in the press — Tech News and Analysis
“My main bugbear is the sheer volume of characters who look like they should be...”
– THE HATE LIST 2011 «
“Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking...”
– Vaclav Havel, Czech leader of ‘89 ‘Velvet Revolution,’ dead at 75 - latimes.com
“A rugged iconoclast whose views on life rarely failed to surprise, Hellman was a...”
– The Billionaire Who Loved Bluegrass - The Bay Citizen
“The report itself exhorted viewers to “loyally follow” the Swiss-educated,...”
– Kim Jong Il: Farewell, earthlings | The Economist
AFAR - Where travel can take you →
Palmyra Atoll, Hawaii “Smack in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Palmyra is one of the most isolated atolls on the planet. It’s not uncommon to see pods of thousands of whales and dolphins. Giant coconut crabs lumber around on the land, and delicate fairy terns hover in the air, inured to human presence. The entire atoll is now protected by the Nature Conservancy and the U.S. government.” (Shown...
“Ownership: Employees 30%, Mark Zuckerberg 24%, Digital Sky Technologies 10%,...”
– Source Reveals Facebook Is Swimming In Cash
Facebook sends user a CD collecting his entire... →
The CD included a tome of info collecting “friend requests, former or alternative names and email addresses, employment and relationship statuses and photos, in some cases with their GPS locations included,” not to mention plenty of data that Schrems was under the impression that he had deleted from Facebook entirely.