July 2009
8 posts
“People with lower IQ also tend to miss out on preventive healthcare. They are...”
– Professor Alan Maryon-Davis, president of the UK Faculty of Public Health (BBC NEWS)
At last, a counterbalance to the Idiocracy Effect.
NYC Exit Strategy →
I was sure I’ve written about prewalking before, but I can’t find any mention of it. Instead, Kottke covered it back in 2006.
I’m not sure their pricing model invites mass take-up. $1.99 for the NY subway? Oh, OK, it’s not too bad. But $4.99 for the Kindle? Wait. The Kindle?! Oh, looks like an e-book and not some clever hack. Boooo.
Thanks be to Meesh for the heads up a...
Favourite words... Tontine
Are you rich and think that the lottery is a tax for poor people, but still want the thrill of an idiotic get-rich-quick-like scheme? Re-introducing the get-richer-slowly scheme that’s kept countless old curmudgeons up at night with a shotgun by their bed, a trapdoor installed at their window, and a fully stocked priest-hole behind the bookcase since about 1653: Invest in a tontine!
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