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On “Amazon strategy” vs. “Ben & Jerry’s strategy”
Ways to substitute money for time:

Use prebuilt, furnished executive offices instead of traditional office space. Cost: about 3 times as much. Time saved: several months to a year, depending on market.
Pay outrageous salaries or offer programmers BMWs as starting bonuses. Cost: about 25% extra for technical staff. Time [...]

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Apparently, names that echo the soothing cadence of nursery rhymes appeal to voters.
Malice in the Middle –
Barack Hussein Obama and the history of bad middle names in politics.
I find the above sentence especially humorous for some reason.
I spent some time today organizing all my email accounts (yeah, I actually have a gmail account that I use just for my
credit card bills, that I setup my Thunderbird to download so I can stop all my paper bills and never worry [...]

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busted!

Congressional aide admits trying to hire hackers — to boost his college GPA The communications director for Montana’s lone congressman solicited the services of two men he falsely believed to be criminally minded hackers-for-hire — with the expressed goal of jacking up his college GPA — during an exchange that spanned 22 e-mails over two weeks [...]

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http://www.housingmaps.com/

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looking for backpacking backpacks

“The Railpass” , now on sale at $109.99
Material: Duralite Waffle Weave
Size: 26″ x 15″ x 9″
Comments: Removable daypack 14″ x 12″ x 5.5″-860 cubic inches
Linear inches: 50″
Weight: 5 lbs , 8 oz
Capacity: 5015 cu. in.
Warranty: Lifetime guarantee against defects in materials and workmanship

“The Compass”, on sale at $119.99 
Material: Duralite Waffle Weave
Size: 29″ x 15″ x 10″
Comments: Full size daypack 14″x12″x5.5″ (860 cubic inches)
Linear inches: 54″
Weight: 6 lbs , 8 oz
Capacity: 5408 cu. in.
Warranty: Lifetime guarantee against [...]

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NY dorms

NY dorm rooms

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we went here for lunch today

Burma SuperStar – San Francisco – Yelp
It’s probably miles away from being “the best restaurant in SF” as some say, but it was definitely better than expected, since we sort of just stumbled into the place randomly…green tea leaf salad was really, really good, and so was their lamb curry! Not too expensive either, perfect [...]

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Asia Society – China: Fifty Years Inside the People’s Republic
although the title reminds me of the “inside north korea” specials magazines like to have every once in a while (for understandable reasons “glimpses” of North Korea is incredibly interesting to westerners), these China photos are incredibly good, especially the black and white ones. black and white pictures make things somewhat otherworldly because it’s not how we usually see,
yet it enhances the emotional and [...]

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tuxedo mask! 

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http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:%E6%B7%A1%E6%B1%9F%E4%B8%AD%E5%AD%B8%E6%A0%A1%E5%8F%8B

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