The killer idea, death by invention
Sun, 31/08/08 – 2:59 | No Comment

1944AC: Inventor and chemist Thomas Midgley, Jr. accidentally strangled himself with the cord of a pulley-operated mechanical bed of his own design.
Turns out Thomas Midgley, Jr. also invented CFCs but didn’t live long enough to …

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Management
Monday, 17 Aug, 2009 – 14:59 | No Comment

A man flying in a hot air balloon suddenly realizes he’s lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts to get directions, “Excuse me, can you …

Mexican Fisherman
Monday, 10 Aug, 2009 – 12:08 | No Comment

An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked.  Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna.  The American complimented …

Where do petrol price sites get their data?
Thursday, 27 Nov, 2008 – 0:07 | No Comment
Where do petrol price sites get their data?

After an IRC conversation about GPS, we randomly got onto a discussion about finding the cheapest petrol prices and where those services get the data.
There were a few ideas:

How Business Works
Wednesday, 24 Sep, 2008 – 21:53 | No Comment
How Business Works

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