Posts tagged as How Things Work
The Truth About Writing: It's All Carrots, No Sticks
"I think that some place like Yaddo or the MacDowell Colony would really depress me, because you couldn't go shopping. There'd just be no reward at the end of the day; there'd be no fun thing that you do." READ MORE
Understand the White House
What's the difference between the National Economic Council and the Council of Economic Advisers? This breakdown, written by the senior White House economic advisor a few weeks ago, explains roles in and around the White House. (via)
How Fake People Promote Fake Viral Videos to Blogs
There's an (allegedly) iPhone-taken video with 60,000 views that went on YouTube on June 9, 2010. It's not very good or very funny, but it surely is black ops marketing for one major burger chain, even though it's shot in another major burger chain. And this is how the greatest minds behind the big business of viral marketing today apparently think is the best way to get their video "picked up" by blogs: casual emails that look pretty much like emails anyone with a blog gets on a daily basis except... less good. READ MORE
Notes From An FX Trader: Let Us Prey
I am one among some legion of people who trade currencies out of my "home office." Which currencies: I basically ping pong around between the Euro, the US dollar, the Canadian dollar and the British pound, looking for opportunities to buy low and sell high. These are the most liquid currencies in the world, along with the Japanese yen. But Japan's economy is weird so I don't really touch that. We'll discuss why it's weird some other time. READ MORE
Sexiest Gallery Babes Fotogallery World Cup Fans Las Chicas del Mundial Hotties Contest [SLIDESHOW of other SLIDESHOWS]
The World Cup is a economic boon for many interests. During the 2006 Cup, Adidas saw its sales increase a whopping 30%. Twitter is also reaping the World Cup whirlwind. And for online publications big and small, the World Cup means posting sexy WAG hottie fan babes GALLERY SLIDESHOWS. READ MORE
Stop Threatening To Kill People Over The Internet!
Sleep. Go on, sleep. Rest easy. I want your muscles relaxed so I can peel them cleanly off your bones. Then I'm gonna cut your bicuspids out and carve the Greek alphabet into the softest part of your belly. Afterward I'll sit you on my deli meat slicer and make myself an ass and Swiss cheese club sandwich. Or maybe I'll do that first-I get excited in the moment and who knows what sick inspiration will strike me like a ball-peen hammer strikes a fingertip that's been tied off and isn't getting any circulation? Point is, I'm pretty sure I have enough syringes of adrenaline to keep you from passing out while I burn a hole in your foot with an acetylene torch. Sweet dreams. READ MORE
How Banks Work (#15 in a Series: Chase Debit Cards)
"Your Chase Checking account has a feature called Chase Debit Card Overdraft CoverageSM. Soon, we can no longer provide this coverage automatically – if you want to keep it, you need to tell us." Aww, you can no longer provide it? Well... okay! READ MORE
Is Reality TV... Not Totally Real Or Something???
Is reality TV somehow less than real? Here is David Weintraub, whose principal industry at this time is to provide tragic characters for reality TV, describing how the producers of a show called Sober House worked with former California gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey: "They took Mary Carey, they put her in a room, and they said to her, ‘Your story's shit, Mary. Your story sucks on this show. We just paid you a lot of money, and your story sucks. Here's what you need to do to make our show better. We call Dr. Fisher, he's gonna remove your breast implants on the last week of the show, and you'll recover in the Sober House, and we'll show this complete transformation of you leaving porn behind by removing your boobs. And we have you set up, you're gonna manage a Starbucks.'"
"In a properly functioning capitalist economy, rich people don't 'create jobs' for workers; workers, upon having jobs, create rich people."
This is a fantastic read from Baltimore City Paper, on the "fact" that Maryland's number of millionaires dropped to 4,910 in 2008 from 7,067 in 2007. It includes a basic primer on how business works, which is so delightful we must excerpt it here. READ MORE
Maine Vote Turnout Predicted to Top 50%
Voter turnout is really high up in Maine. Because people have an opportunity to express their "opinions" on "major issues," particularly "gay marriage," via something called "voting"? And they are excited about that, you see!
