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November 23, 2009
November 03, 2009
you is lion to me
we all know and love the google search suggestions. you type in "what" and google suggests a variety of questions you could be asking, such as:
and some added fun with grammar:
amazing.
- what is my ip?
- what not to wear
- what does my name mean?
- what is twitter? (side note: heeeee)
hilarious and informative, i've always loved seeing what pops up even when it's completely unrelated to what i'm looking for.
slate went about this a wee bit more systematically and then wrote an article about it called "let's have fun with the google search box." the author's experiments are pretty fantastic, my fav is below, comparing two very differently worded questions that are pretty much getting at the same thing, but generate very very different responses:
and some added fun with grammar:
amazing.
October 30, 2009
Do you remember summer camp?
two sad things about this email forward list. one, i chuckled. two, tuck's is painfully true.
SAMPLE MBA APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Harvard: Of which Fortune 1000 company are you going to become the CEO and why would you pick that company?
Wharton: Of which Fortune 1000 company are you going to become the CFO and why would you pick that company?
Stanford: Why? (100,000 words recommended)
Chicago Booth: Provide a detailed statistical analysis of why Chicago-Booth is #1 in BWeek and never higher than #3 in USNews. Do the math in your head.
Columbia: In your opinion, what is the best way to sabotage the Whartonian CFO of your company and become CFO?
INSEAD: List the number of languages in which you are fluent, and explain how knowing a bunch of languages and studying in one of the world's slowest economies for ten months will make you an effective business leader.
Duke Fuqua: What are your short-term and long-term career goals? Begin your essay with the sentence, "My career goal is to provide investment and business advice to the much more successful graduates of the Duke Law and Medical Schools."
Tuck: Do you remember summer camp? How amazing was that!?!? Don't you wish you could go to camp for 21 months? Attach a letter you wrote to your parents in fifth grade summer camp explaining how awesome it was.
SAMPLE MBA APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Harvard: Of which Fortune 1000 company are you going to become the CEO and why would you pick that company?
Wharton: Of which Fortune 1000 company are you going to become the CFO and why would you pick that company?
Stanford: Why? (100,000 words recommended)
Chicago Booth: Provide a detailed statistical analysis of why Chicago-Booth is #1 in BWeek and never higher than #3 in USNews. Do the math in your head.
Columbia: In your opinion, what is the best way to sabotage the Whartonian CFO of your company and become CFO?
INSEAD: List the number of languages in which you are fluent, and explain how knowing a bunch of languages and studying in one of the world's slowest economies for ten months will make you an effective business leader.
Duke Fuqua: What are your short-term and long-term career goals? Begin your essay with the sentence, "My career goal is to provide investment and business advice to the much more successful graduates of the Duke Law and Medical Schools."
Tuck: Do you remember summer camp? How amazing was that!?!? Don't you wish you could go to camp for 21 months? Attach a letter you wrote to your parents in fifth grade summer camp explaining how awesome it was.
October 25, 2009
this i bad sorry to saY
a challenge from mcsweeney's:
YOUTUBE COMMENT OR
E. E. CUMMINGS?
- - - -
1. loog a his lirow nose
2. there is some shit I will not eat
3. LISN bud LISN
4. this i bad sorry to saY
5. leave her alone
she's not your gal
6. She is Lucifierian !
7. THuNdeRB
loSSo!M iN
8. aThe):l
9. stunned. i. am. stunned. every question speaks to us
10. What is nothing?
YouTube comment: 1, 4, 6, 9, 10
e. e. cummings: 2, 3, 5, 7, 8
October 17, 2009
that's a socialist mop. best line ever?
What I reject is when some folks say we should go back to the past policies when it was those very same policies that got us into this mess in the first place. Another way of putting it is when, you know, I'm busy and Nancy is busy with our mop cleaning up somebody else's mess --- we don't want somebody sitting back saying, you're not holding the mop the right way. (Applause.) You're not mopping fast enough. (Laughter.) That's a socialist mop. (Laughter and applause.) Grab a mop -- let's get to work.
-- Obama
October 08, 2009
freeeeedom & a free track.
i am thoroughly enjoying my freedom, wasting my time scouring the internets. buying snow tires, internet shopping for patagonia parkas, grossing myself out with my new-found Vermont-level crunchiness. apparently, it's contagious.
but i also found, a new Vampire Weekend track for free download! it's the first track from their upcoming January-release album, Contra, and i know, i know. everyone is so over vampire weekend. but whatever, i kind of love this song. so go download it.
but i also found, a new Vampire Weekend track for free download! it's the first track from their upcoming January-release album, Contra, and i know, i know. everyone is so over vampire weekend. but whatever, i kind of love this song. so go download it.
October 07, 2009
this may be the most profoundly disturbing thing i have ever seen.
i have been in a grad school finals-time bubble for the last few weeks, so i only just realized this was happening.
oh oh yes, that one. just watch, and try to keep your lunch down.
September 20, 2009
there are multiple classes! like topiary and...general volume.
had an amazing day of ice cream and rock-skipping with some of the greatest girls in the whole wide world today, and so of course, the world beard & mustache championships were discussed.
first ran across these last year, when the website brought joy to my dark days of econometrics studying. a few pictures of my favorite contestants below, but the entire website (particularly the bios of the contestants) is definitely worth a look.
i am just so happy that these men exist. i feel like they make the world a happier place.
September 17, 2009
flight? you mean food fight? or a pillow fight?
from the illustrious onion, tip from proud fellow FASCist (i'm going to miss you guys!) matt herbert:
highlights (and map!) below, full "article" here.
Liechtenstein, Andorra Forced To Fight By Larger Countries
HELSINKI—Members of the Group of Eight, the forum for the world's most powerful industrialized nations, held a special session Tuesday to discuss how best to prod the European microstates of Lichtenstein and Andorra into fighting.
The G8's proposal, which seeks to pit the small, landlocked principalities against each other in military combat, was reportedly drafted after the leaders of the eight nations had grown bored with their recent negotiations over international energy tariffs.
The G8 has provoked numerous international incidents in the past. In 1994, then-Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama forced the leaders of San Marino and Monaco to run a "naked mile" behind the United Nations building. And in 2000, Russia's Vladimir Putin delighted his fellow world leaders by repeatedly asking the president of Chechnya, "Why are you bombing yourself? Why are you bombing yourself?" during a prolonged bombardment of the capital, Grozny.
In a final effort to ensure that the proposed confrontation between Liechtenstein and Andorra commenced tomorrow afternoon "without a hitch," Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper held a press conference intended to persuade the two countries.
At press time, 50,000 Andorran troops had amassed along the Rhine valley following CIA intelligence indicating that Liechtenstein had referred to the principality as "Fagdorra."
The G8 has provoked numerous international incidents in the past. In 1994, then-Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama forced the leaders of San Marino and Monaco to run a "naked mile" behind the United Nations building. And in 2000, Russia's Vladimir Putin delighted his fellow world leaders by repeatedly asking the president of Chechnya, "Why are you bombing yourself? Why are you bombing yourself?" during a prolonged bombardment of the capital, Grozny.
In a final effort to ensure that the proposed confrontation between Liechtenstein and Andorra commenced tomorrow afternoon "without a hitch," Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper held a press conference intended to persuade the two countries.
At press time, 50,000 Andorran troops had amassed along the Rhine valley following CIA intelligence indicating that Liechtenstein had referred to the principality as "Fagdorra."
September 15, 2009
in which gawker calls kanye a dick, and obama calls him a jackass.
remember when kanye said THIS about wanting people to realize he's not "actually a huge douche?"
remember when he continued his grand douchiness by doing THIS to taylor swift at the VMAs?
never fear, obama's here. and he calls kanye a jackass. it's a bit hilarious, and i continue to be jealous of the white house press corps.
remember when he continued his grand douchiness by doing THIS to taylor swift at the VMAs?
never fear, obama's here. and he calls kanye a jackass. it's a bit hilarious, and i continue to be jealous of the white house press corps.
September 12, 2009
you guys, my football loving heart.
TOM BRADY IS BAAAAACK. And being adorable. Interview below, I may have held my hand over my heart the entire time I watched it.
FYI: The Pats season opener is against the Bills on Monday Night. Can. Not. Wait.
FYI: The Pats season opener is against the Bills on Monday Night. Can. Not. Wait.
September 10, 2009
September 05, 2009
you still can't buy bottles with starwood points.
in honor of b-school, one of my fav videos of all time. i think i laughed so hard i cried the first time i saw this, which i'm pretty sure makes me a giant nerd.
August 30, 2009
young turks, sowing their wild oats.
first off, i'm back! after a nomadic month, i am back in the US and back in front of my computer, where i belong.
apparently, the UK is thinking about giving them away to the bahamas or jamaica...or canada? I had no idea this type of stuff was possible.
many a ridiculous news story have happened in the interim, but let's start off with this one: the island nation of turks & caicos getting into trouble with mommy and getting their independence revoked.
apparently, the UK is thinking about giving them away to the bahamas or jamaica...or canada? I had no idea this type of stuff was possible.
August 27, 2009
Save the Axolotl!!!!
I have a hunch that this little guy, found in the wilds of Mexico, is the world's answer to "what is an amazing sea monkey anyway???", a question that I'm sure we've all been asking for years. Unfortunately, like millions of other species, the Axolotl's existence is threatened due to poor water quality. Apparently it can't even be reintroduced into other countries because of a feared massive Axolotl take over!
On a more positive note, and as a reason to champion the Axolotl's survival, the best thing about the Axolotl is that it never grows out of the larva stage! It's like he/she takes a peak at the world and decides, nah, I'd rather just stay here, and unlike us, can stay! And of course, it's adorable (because I, like the rest of us, only want to save adorable things).
Source: BBC News
On a more positive note, and as a reason to champion the Axolotl's survival, the best thing about the Axolotl is that it never grows out of the larva stage! It's like he/she takes a peak at the world and decides, nah, I'd rather just stay here, and unlike us, can stay! And of course, it's adorable (because I, like the rest of us, only want to save adorable things).
Source: BBC News
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