March 2009
11 posts
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"Stock charts make for excellent virtual roller... →
Ziconic, the developers of AirCoaster 3D, a high speed 3D roller coaster app for the iPhone, has turned the Dow Jones and Apple stock charts into roller coaster tracks that users can download and ride.
Stop the Idiocy!
From a hilarious article in the WSJ tonight about cloud computing:
“I have no idea what anyone is talking about,” said Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison, when talking about cloud computing at a financial analyst conference in September. “It’s really just complete gibberish. What is it?” He added: “When is this idiocy going to stop?”
“Mr. Cuomo said that of the top 20 recipients [of the contentious AIG bonus...”
– Not yet located? Don’t these people have cell phones or a TV? I can just picture a guy in a pinstripe suit hiding behind a filing cabinet as Cuomo comes by in a safari jacket! (Via NYTimes)
Moral Mumbo Jumbo
I was skimming this article on Goldman’s conference call on Friday about AIG and noticed a question from an unnamed journalist at The Guardian. He asks
if GS feels that its collateral requirements put AIG over the edge of bankruptcy and whether GS feels “guilty” about that.
Of course, Goldman’s response, from David Viniar, is dismissive:
This is why we have collateral terms in...
“A rising tide lifts all boats…for those who have boats.”
– Stephen Colbert
WatchJust back from an amazing ski trip this week with Stephen, Owen and 15 others in a Meribel chalet in Les 3 Vallees, France. Check out the awesome snow in Owen’s video of me from Courchevel! More photos on flickr!
“Listen you, when you gave me that money, you said I wouldn’t have to repay...”
– Homer Simpson, tonight.