November 28, 2009
Most recorded
$1 bill at “Where’s George”, found to circulate 15 times -
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The world's largest
collection of tongue twisters
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Re-post: People
playing chess on roller coasters, inspired by a XKCD comic
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55 Useful
Online Generators for Designers
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March 01, 2009
Just give me kindness
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January 23, 2009
Letter to Shareholders
Dear Shareholders:
It should come as no surprise that 2008 was, by far, the toughest year our company has seen. Like most businesses we suffered as a result of the unprecedented economic downturn. When we began to see the dark clouds forming on the horizon in early first quarter we hoped we might somehow be impervious to the storm. Unfortunately the reality is that in times of economic hardship people cut back on the purchase of man-panties.
While we remain hopeful for 2009, we do have to consider that it may take some time to regain the momentum that we lost in 2008. In the first quarter we watched our sales double, only to have both pairs returned two us within the 14-day period. Shortly afterwards the investment banks began to topple and people's concerns focused on their families, jobs and money. That, plus the fact that we were in the midst of a presidential race meant that the idea of silky, feminizing man-panties was the 2008 furthest from peoples' minds than it has ever been…
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December 22, 2008
Millions of monkeys
Once upon a time a man appeared in a village and announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10 each.
The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and, as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort.
He next announced that he would now buy monkeys at $20 each. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms.
The offer increased to $25 each and the supply of monkeys became so scarce it was an effort to even find a monkey, let alone catch it! The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50 each! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would buy on his behalf.
In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers: ‘Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has already collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell them to him for $50 each.’ The villagers rounded up all their savings and bought all the monkeys for 700 billion dollars.
They never saw the man or his assistant again, only lots and lots of monkeys
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December 14, 2008
Due to budget cuts the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off
The Collapse of Iceland in 10 Easy Steps
Percentage change in the S & P market index by year
From 1999, still relevant: How are the nation's top financial advisors having their steaks done?
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November 28, 2008
MSFT under $20
What you can buy with your near worthless stock shares. For example, a single share of Microsoft buys you a 10 pound Butterball turkey. (From Barry Ritholtz)
On the other hand, 8.78 oz. Of Calvisius Caviar at Dean & Deluca, will run you $900. (From Weekly Standard)
Also: Follow the Government's $8.5 trillion Bailout - The Breakdown
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November 20, 2008
Granny gets financial advice
Sculptures by a Dollar artist - $7.95 each (some sculptures are made from two bills and are $7.95 x 2)
Mark Wagner's Smoke in my dreams
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Un-related: Sorry, we're open
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October 15, 2008
It’s a great time to invest
- with Reliable Dividend Growth Fund Investments
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July 27, 2008
Run on the bank
10 Banks That Could Be Next To Go Under. (Wrong prognosis - The correct answer is First National Bank of Nevada, based in Reno, Nev., and First Heritage Bank of Newport Beach, California)
10 Richest People of All Time and How They Made Their Fortunes
Also: Bankrupt! 65 Famous People Who Lost It All. (From Corsinet)
Old banking ads at Classic Ad Shop
Un-related: Eternal September (also Never-ending September, The Long September, September that never ended, perpetual September, or endless September) in the Jargon File is a Usenet slang expression for the period beginning September 1993. These expressions encapsulate the belief that an endless influx of newbies since that date has continuously degraded standards of discourse and behavior on Usenet (and the wider Internet)
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June 20, 2008
The Most Colorful Currencies
Nothing compared to the beautifully crafted and colored currencies of Venezuela, Switzerland, and Kyrgyzstan. The Color of Money from Around the World. More at Colour Lovers
The secret of Vanuatu's happiness - No money, lots of honey
Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 W. Jackson Boulevard, a Chicago landmark
Make a bold statement with a toilet seat full of money. Other unusual pictures of money (Most have been featured here before)
Un-related: Paul Nylander's Incredible Mega Math Art Page. (Thank you, Mason)
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April 30, 2008
Vulgar Ticker Symbols
CRCAM Alpes Provence, which is a French regional bank (Ticker symbol CRAP). The bank provides financial and insurance products for students, farmers, small businesses, and local communities.
9 other Vulgar Ticker Symbols, including TIT, DIC, HOEN, etc.
Tech support from the 1930s: How to use a telephone
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March 16, 2008
A Bear in the woods
"...You don’t have to get in line to get ahead. If you're really good at what you do, you probably have a lot of choices when it comes to taking the next step in (or starting) your career. But if you can tackle complex challenges with creative solutions, and want to be able to make your mark quickly regardless of title or tenure, we think your only real choice is pretty clear - experience the Bear Stearns difference..."
Trading lesson no. 1 – Only buy stocks when they approach 0
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March 11, 2008
Cash advances
Within two minutes of this AFP photo of Katrina victim Latesha Vinette holding up her Red Cross debit card, Ms. Vinette was paged by the management of Reliant stadium to receive a call from MasterCard asking about cash advances totally $65,237, the attempted purchase of a Ferrari automobile using her card, along with hundreds of purchases from eBay, including - ironically - camping gear.
In September 2005, the Agence France Presse (AFP) news agency distributed a series of photographs showing Hurricane Katrina evacuee Latesha Vinnett and her daughter, Mychal Boykins, at the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas. Ms. Vinnett had just received one of the many $2000 debit cards issued to Katrina evacuees by the Red Cross, which she happily displayed for the camera — providing a full view of the debit card's number and expiration date. The photos were carried by a number of news outlets (such as Yahoo! News) or published as an accompaniment to news articles about Hurricane Katrina, thereby broadcasting a supposedly valid debit card number to millions of viewers
A very hi-res image of the 100 dollar bill. (Click to biggify. From Dooby Brain)
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March 01, 2008
How Do You Count
Somebody dumped tons of money bills on the field
Hundreds of Bank logos
"There are no nations! There are no peoples! There are no Russians. There are no Arabs! There are no third worlds! There is no West! There is only one holistic system of systems, one vast and immane, interwoven, interacting, multi-variate, multi-national dominion of dollars! petro-dollars, electro-dollars, multi-dollars!, Reichmarks, rubles, rin, pounds and shekels! It is the international system of currency that determines the totality of life on this planet! That is the natural order of things today! That is the atomic, subatomic and galactic structure of things today! And you have meddled with the primal forces of nature, and you will atone! Am I getting through to you, Mr. Beale?"
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February 05, 2008
Fighting corruption in India
In order to fight corruption in India, some NGO has printed over 200,000 zero rupee currency note that resemble Indian currency and has begun distributing them around the country. It is asking people to give the notes to anyone demanding a bribe
Lend me $10, but give me only half of it…
French Trader Was Forced to Work 30 Hours a Week
Financial Clutter, What To Keep And What To Get Rid Of
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