Archive for May, 2006
my 1L year by the numbers
ACADEMICS:
5,900: approximate number of pages read
420: approximate number of hours spent in classes and formal review sessions
405: approximate number of pages of notes (12pt font, 1″ margins, single-spaced)
27: approximate number of hours spent taking final examinations
OTHER SCHOOL-RELATED:
1: number of anterior cruciate ligaments torn and repaired
19,000: approximate amount of debt, [...]
BBC - Why We Fight
I haven’t even finished it, but I can already tell that it’s definitely worth watching.
I should say, to avoid any confusion, that I certainly don’t agree with the many (most?) of the views in the video. But it is a worthwhile watch, nonetheless.
UPDATE: Ok, after having watched it I can safely say that I [...]
scott ott is on a roll
i read scrappleface intermittently because the author’s work is sometimes very good and sometimes just okay. but when he is on, he is on, and now is one of those times. check out the following:
Moussaoui Gets Life, Bin Laden Repeals 9/11 Attack
Senators Quell Gas Price Anger with Tote Bag Offer
Cops to Greet Alien [...]
Nestor Kirchner is Mr. Burns
If you watch the Simpsons and follow Argentine politics (ok, not exactly a huge segment of all-encompassingly readers, but anyways…) you must click here for a quick laugh.
The Five Most Common Lies in Business
What are the five most common lies in business?
Paul LaFontaine lays out what he thinks are the five most common in a Fast Company article.
My two favorites:
Lie: “People are our most important asset.”
Truth: “People are our most worrisome and unpredictable asset. Our most important assets are really our financial assets.”
B.S. Detector: This may [...]
Death to Dan Brown?
While this article from the Manila Times is basically a screed against The Da Vinci Code, it does make an interesting point: nobody is calling for the death of Dan Brown, despite his book’s dim view of the Catholic Church and the Vatican.
IT is most surprising that after selling 40 million copies of his The [...]
My Kentucky Derby Pick: Brother Derek
Now here is a horse I can relate to!
They even spelled Derek right.
Yo Quiero Net Neutrality
If you don’t know what net neutrality is, read this article by Tim Wu over at Slate.
This is the most important issue facing the internet (or internets) since its inception.
Update: The creator of the the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, wants net neutrality also.
Yo Quiero Taco Bell
Saw this on Drudge a couple minutes ago.
While perhaps not the most convincing argument for amnesty, threatening the existence of Taco Bell is certainly the most creative I’ve heard so far.
