This comedy short parodies the type of announcements made by seemingly every start-up in America.
"It's not just a vegetable. It's what a vegetable should be."
Well done and funny. Worth a quick view.
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The Big Mac Index - A Feast of Burgernomics
Image by Simon Miller via Flickr
The Big Mac index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP), according to which exchange rates should adjust to equalize the price of a basket of goods and services around the world. For them, the basket is a burger ... a McDonald’s Big Mac.
According to this measure, the most undervalued currency is India's Rupee at 67% below its PPP rate. In India, a McDonald’s Big Mac costs just 90 Rupees on average, the equivalent of $1.50 at market exchange rates.
In America, the same burger averages $4.56.
The interactive graphic, below, shows by how much, in Big Mac PPP terms, selected currencies were over- or undervalued.
The index is supposed to give a guide to the direction in which currencies should, in theory, head in the long run. It is only a rough guide, because its price reflects non-tradable elements such as rent and labor. For that reason, it is probably least rough when comparing countries at roughly the same stage of development.
July 01, 2013
Should You Eat That [Infographic Humor]
My wife has been away ... and the minimum standards in our house have shifted.
Sometimes my son and I look at each other and ask: "Should I eat this?"
Here are some simple rules to help if you find yourself asking the same question.
via FakeScience.
Well, that certainly gives an answer ... not sure it's the right one?
March 24, 2013
Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
What bothers you most about someone else is often a clue about what you don't like about your own circumstances ... or, a political cartoonist could point it out instead.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- 10 Billionaire Biographies You Must Read. (Under30CEO)
- Lessons for Data Driven Businesses. (TechCrunch)
- The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food. (NYTimes)
- Desmond Tutu and The Dalai Lama's Extraordinary Talk On God and Religion. (HuffingtonPost)
- An Ingenious Way Of Using Google Maps To Tell Where Rich And Poor People Live. (BizInsider)
- Forbes Lists the World's Richest People. The Billionaire List. (Forbes)
- Singapore: The World's Richest City. (WSJ Video)
- Google Passes Apple as Top U.S. Mutual and Hedge Fund Holding. (AppleInsider)
- Yardeni: S&P 500 Could Hit 1665 Mid-Year. (BusinessInsider)
- Sign of the Times: Celebrity Mila Kunis Talked Stocks on CNBC. Is that as an ominous sign for the rally, or just an indication that “dumb-money” is back in the game? (TDB)
October 06, 2012
Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
Some ancient Greek dude wrote this in about 400 BC ... amazing how profound, relevant, and true it remains today.
Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.
- The Importance of Understanding "Why". (AONetwork)
- How Big Data Became So Big. (NYTimes)
- Finally, a Commercial Mocking Apple that Works! (Dvorak)
- Why India Wins So Few Olympic Medals. Neither the Will nor the Cash. (TheAtlantic)
- The World's First Vegetarian McDonald's. To capture more of India's $12 billion fast-food market, the burger chain will jettison meat entirely in favor of the McAloo Tikki burger and the McSpicy Paneer. (The Week)
- Face It -- 2013 Is Going To Be a Bummer. (Businessweek)
- Wall Street Rolling Back Another Key Piece of Financial Reform | Matt Taibbi. (RollingStone)
- Apple's iPhone is Now Worth More Than All of Microsoft. (Forbes)
- When is Rapid Trading Too Fast? More Warnings About HFT. (Slashdot)
- U.S. Selling $18 Billion of AIG Stock. Slashing 50% + of the stake it took during the financial crisis. (Wall Street Journal)
August 29, 2012
Jerry Jones Rapping - Even Though You Didn't Want Him To ...
Whether you like the Cowboys, or not, one thing we can probably all agree about is that old white dudes shouldn't rap too often. At least that's what my kids tell me when I try it.
Apparently, Hip Hop Jerry Jones (owner of the Dallas Cowboys) didn't get the memo.
Here is the video.
If you can't bring yourself to click the link, here is an animated image to give you some flavor.
If you're curious, you can discover the meaning of Rap lyrics With RapGenius. Now there is a real public service ...
March 07, 2011
New York Has Its Mojo Back
I spent a few days last week in Manhattan meeting with lawyers and accountants.
On one hand, that doesn’t sound like a lot of fun. On the other hand, it was terrific.
New York has its Mojo back.
It could have been that there was so much energy, activity, and a sense of bigger things to come ...
Or, it could have been this massive slice of bacon they serve at Peter Luger's.
January 30, 2011
An Electronic Wine List Made a Nice Dinner Nicer
I had friends in from Asia and they wanted to experience some Dallas nightlife.
Mooyah Burgers and Hard Eight Barbecue wasn't their speed.
With a little help from some friends whose palettes are a little more up-scale than mine, they dined at Charlie Palmer's at the Hotel Joule.
You Know It's Fancy When ...
Notice the tablet computer.
That is an interactive wine-list called the eWinebook. It sorts and sifts by type, country, region, vintage, or price.
Once you narrow down your selections to a few choices, a live person is available to help you make your decision.
On one hand, it helps the consumer feel better about their choice; and on the other, it increases the restaurants average wine bill. To a "Win - Win" proposition. Cheers.
The march of technology continues ...
September 01, 2010
Switching to Natural Spectrum Lighting Makes a Difference You Can See & Feel
They say memory is the second thing to go, as you get older … but I forget the first.
However, based on how hard it is getting for me to see at night (and the fact that I now have little flashlights stashed all over the place), my guess is that eyesight is the first thing to go.
It turns out that my vision wasn't as bad as I thought it was; but my choice of lighting was worse than I realized.
In an attempt to be environmentally conscious and have light bulbs that supposedly last longer, I started purchasing these strange curly fluorescent bulbs. My mind told me that they were fine, but my experience proved otherwise.
Recently, I switched to the natural spectrum bulbs from Verilux, and it's like somebody finally turned the light on. Externally, they may look the same, but they make a big difference. I can read again, my eyes don't hurt at the end of the day, and that strange tint on photos or web-cam videos is replaced with a much more natural palette of colors.
Apparently, there's a lot of science behind this; but it only took flipping the switch for me to know that it makes a big difference.
Coincidentally, I'm reading a book by Temple Grandin, an autistic woman with insights into how natural surroundings either calm or disturb animals and humans. According to her book, it turns out that one of the primary anxiety triggers is fluorescent lighting and its incessant flickering.
We spend so much time thinking about what we put in our bodies (like organic foods or vitamins), but to feel healthy we also should think about what we surround our body with ... and a full natural spectrum of light is a good start.
Here's a link to the website where I found natural lighting. Hope that helps.
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The Big Mac Index - A Feast of Burgernomics
The Economist's Big Mac index seeks to make exchange-rate theory more digestible. They say, tongue-in-cheek, that it is arguably the world's most accurate financial indicator to be based on a fast-food item.
The Big Mac index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP), according to which exchange rates should adjust to equalize the price of a basket of goods and services around the world. For them, the basket is a burger ... a McDonald’s Big Mac.
According to this measure, the most undervalued currency is India's Rupee at about 67% below its PPP rate. In India, a McDonald’s Big Mac costs just 95 Rupees on average, the equivalent of $1.54 at market exchange rates. In America, the same burger averages $4.62.
The interactive graphic, below, shows by how much, in Big Mac PPP terms, selected currencies were over- or undervalued.
The index is supposed to give a guide to the direction in which currencies should, in theory, head in the long run. It is only a rough guide, because its price reflects non-tradable elements such as rent and labor. For that reason, it is probably least rough when comparing countries at roughly the same stage of development. The Economist has added an adjustment option to account for this in the interactive version of the data.
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