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Zeitgeist 2011: The Year In Review through Google's Top Searches

See what the World searched with Google's 2011 Zeitgeist.

Here is the video.

 

 

 

Don't expect too much; apparently, we are a shallow species.

All That - Infographic Showing What Happens in 60 seconds on the Internet

This infographic shows you what happens in 60 seconds on the Internet.

I just came from the malls, and based on the number of close parking spaces I found, a lot of people are doing their holiday shopping online.

This chart displays a wide range of actions taken (like e-mails checked, Tweets posted, or songs downloaded) each minute on the Internet.

 

Interesting.

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The Perfect Holiday Gift - A Yacht Built Like a Tropical Island

I know what I want for the holidays ... an amazing island built right on a beautiful yacht. 

 

 HT KD

This was created by UK-based Yacht Island Designs. 

As you can see, the design is inspired by tropical islands, with huts, a pool ... and to top that ... a volcano guaranteed not to erupt.

 

Since it's a yacht, it comes packed with VIP rooms, arcades, gym, lounges, spas and even a helipad. What a great place to do business? 

The back of the yacht has a retractable beach deck and dock.  Why go to the trouble of getting out to sea if you can't wake-board, jet-ski, or swim; right?

 

 

If you want to know how much it would cost to fuel-it-up or operate, it's probably not in your price range.

Hope you are having a happy holiday season.

See How the Dalai Lama Responds to a Dalai Lama Joke

Here is a video that shows how an Australian Australian presenter failed to amuse the Dalai Lama with a Dalai Lama joke.

 

 

 

The play-on-words "joke" he used is: the Dalai Lama walks into a pizza store and asks if they can make him one with everything. 

The Dalai Lama's response is funnier than the joke.

He could have added: The Dalai Lama then gave the cashier $20 and asked for his change.

The cashier replied: Change comes from within.

 

Around the World in 3 Minutes - Watch the Move, Learn, and Eat Videos

Inspiring and Fun!  Seems appropriate for the start of the Holiday Season.

Beware, these three short videos may encourage you to travel, learn something new, move your body, or create something.

3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food.

Click to Watch.

 

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

 

 

LEARN from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

 

 

EAT from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

 

The World Economic Collapse Explained in Less than Three Minutes

Can a funny video really explain Europe's economic woes?

It can if it asks how and why broke economies lend money to other broke economies that can't possibly pay them back?

It is an entertaining video.

 

 

This would be funnier if it wasn't so true.

Perry Says Oops! His Mental Block at the GOP Debate

They say memory is the second thing to go; Rick Perry probably forgot the first.

This is a clip of the presidential hopeful coming up blank in a debate. Perry struggled to remember the names of three federal agencies he has promised to eliminate. Two out of three isn't bad. Oops!

 

 

Pretty funny.

 

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A Must See Peek At the Future of Technology and Productivity

While eating dinner a few nights ago, I heard a 3-year-old scream "iPad, iPad, iPad" until her parents handed one over.  Was it just a child's tantrum ... or does it mark another step in our journey to the post-pc age?

To imagine the future of technology, sometimes it helps to look back.  Here's a clever way to appreciate how much technology has changed the things we love to do.

 

 

And we are now moving beyond even that.  

I just spent a week in Asia, and didn't bring a laptop ...  relying, instead, on just an iPad and an iPhone 4S.

In 2009, Microsoft released a Productivity Future Vision. Watch how future technology will help people make better use of their time, focus their attention, and strengthen relationships while getting things done at work, home, and on the go.

 

 

 

They just released a updated view into their Productivity Future Vision. It is worth watching.

 

 

 

And here is a behind scenes look at how Microsoft Envisioning Labs conceived and made the Future Vision videos.

 

 

 

Amazing!

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Sign of the Times: Toddler Confused That a Magazine Doesn't Work Like an iPad

Do 1-year-olds think a magazine is a broken iPad?

Here is a 1-year-old who apparantly believes all media are touch-screen-enabled. She does not seem to understand that a magazine was not designed to respond to pinching or prodding.

It is entertaining to watch; here is the video.

 

 

 

My kids can't understand how I did school-work without a computer or the Internet. Their kids may not believe that people used to do their reading on paper.

 

How Does Your Income Compare with John Paulson's?

Contrast your annual salary with a hedge fund legend (and someone who most probably earns a bit more than you).  The interactive infographic "You vs. John Paulson" employs a wide array of comparisons, clocks, and sliders to keep you interested in

 

 

It was fun to put the numbers in context. For example, if you make $500K per year, according to the infographic, it takes Paulson less than an hour to make that.  Or, put in a different way, Paulson can spend $300,000 the way I buy a cup of coffee. 

Try it here.

 

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