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A Different Look at Things

This video was taken at the SXSW conference.  While it seems a little silly, the video illustrates an interesting point.

 

 

via TimeSlice Films, pioneers in multi-camera array imaging.

 

Perspective is important. 

Being able to see the 'invisible' makes the 'impossible' possible

 

via Flug.

New technology seems like magic until you understand how it is done.

9 Out Of 10 Big Pharma Companies Spent More On Marketing Than On R&D

This speaks for itself.

 

via DadaViz.

Of course, sometimes it can be said better.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Sometimes things are stuck.  Other times they are not.  Here is all you need to know.

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• How to Make Your Willpower Stronger -- According to Science. (Io9)
• Fear Artificial Stupidity, Not Artificial Intelligence. (New Scientist)
• Commonly Misspelled or Misused Words.  [infographic]
• 100 Ideas That Changed the Web. (BrainPickings)
• How The World Will Look In 100,000,000,000,000,000,000 Years Time. (FC)

 

Trading Links:

• Google Searches for a Way to Avoid Microsoft’s Fate. (The Guardian)
• Apple Pay Is Already Much Bigger Than You Thought. (BGR)
• 122 Things Everyone Should Know About Investing and the Economy. (Motley Fool)
• 5 Future Scenarios That Will Change How You Think About Money. (MarketWatch)
• The New Reality. China just 3D-printed an entire mansion. Here’s what it looks like. (TechInAsia)

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Seeming profound is easier than being profound.

 

 

Just saying ...

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Famous Business Books Summarized in One Sentence. (Business Insider)
• Windows 10 Upgrades Will Be Free for Existing Windows Users. (Infoworld)
• Sign of the Times: Sports Illustrated Lays Off All Staff Photographers. (NPPA)
• Compilation Video of People Using Exercise Equipment Wrong. (Facebook)
• World's Saddest Service Offers Make-Believe Mate.  For $25 you get 100 text messages, 10 voice mails, one handwritten note & a lifetime of secret shame. (ValleyWag)

 

Trading Links:

• Apple Now Sells More iPhones in China than the U.S. (Cult of Mac)
• Google 'To Take On Uber with Driverless Cars'. (Telegraph)
• CME To Close Open Outcry Futures Trading Pits By This Summer. (B.I.)
• Seattle Gets a Marijuana Vending Machine. (USA Today)
• The Best Investment Advice from 20 of the World's Top Market Minds. (Forbes)

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Most people say they want the unpleasant truth, rather than the comforting lie ...

 

 

What do you think?

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking Warn of Artificial Intelligence Dangers. (Mashable)
• An Open Letter to Everyone Tricked Into Fearing Artificial Intelligence. (Popular Science)
• 70's Rock Legends In Their Parents' Homes! [Photos]. (Peewee)
• The Hair of Men: What Hairstyle is Best for You. [infographic]
• How Exercise Changes Our DNA. (NYTimes)

 

Trading Links:

• US Debt Soared By $100 Billion on Last Day of 2014, Hit Record $18.14 Trillion. (ZH)
• Chinese Attacks Cost U.S. Defense Department Over $100M. (GigaOM)
• The Real Story Behind Saudi Arabia's Oil Games. (Money)
• After Warning About 2008, Yale's Robert Shiller Has Another Concern. (Valuewalk)
• Countries Begin The Race To Repatriate Their Gold. Are They Concerned About a Potential Financial Crisis? (Valuewalk)

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Bad Lip Reading pours its talents on into the mouths of unsuspecting football players, just in time for the Pro Bowl and  Super Bowl.

 

 

 

via YouTube.

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Google's Larry Page: The Most Ambitious CEO in the Universe. (Fortune)
• Decrypting Google: Examining the Growing Giant's Business Methods. (Economist)
• 25 most commonly used password list 2014. (Visual.ly)
• 10 Fad Diets, Debunked. (Io9)
• Woman Sends Bank Angry Letter After They Bounced Her Check. This Is Gold. (Tickld)

 

Trading Links:

• The Best and Worst Hedge Funds of 2014 - and Everyone In-Between. (ZeroHedge)
• Top 5 Chinese Trends That Will Shape The Global Economy in 2015. (GeekTime)
• Top 10 Trading Movies. (Futures Mag)
• A Venture Capitalist's Five Predictions for 2015. (Fortune)
• 3 Reasons Why Legal Marijuana is Happening Now. (Wall Street Cheat Sheet)

What’s Going On - Playing For Change [Music Video]

Here is a different take on Marvin Gaye’s classic “What’s Going On”.

It is a "Song Around The World" recording by Playing For Change.

It starts with an acoustic guitar in Africa, adds a drummer in Los Angeles. Next comes the electric guitar and bass on the streets of Chicago and strings in Serbia.  You get the picture ...

Now listen to the music.

 

 

 

Years in the making, minutes to watch. Very cool.

This Song Around The World is featured on PFC3. The album features 185 musicians from 31 countries.

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Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Déjà vu?

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• 5 Tips for Finding Flow: A High Performance User's Guide for the New Year. (Forbes)
• Science Says This Personality Trait Predicts Job Performance. What's your guess? (BI)
• Why Airlines Want to Make You Suffer. (NewYorker)
• CIA Predictions for 2015 from the Year 2000. (Business Insider)
• Coming Data Deluge Means You’ll Know Anything You Want, Anytime, Anywhere. (SingularityHub)

 

Trading Links:

• 10 Legendary Investment Rules from Legendary Investors. (Zero Hedge)
• Big Banks Manipulate Physical Market Prices | The Big Picture. (Ritholtz)
• Information in Financial Markets: Who Gets It First? (Papers)
• High-Frequency Trading Payoff Tied to News. (MarketWatch)
• Oil Companies’ Predicament: Who Should Cut Production? (Wall Street Journal)

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

Here is a picture of Obama rocking a tiara like the leader of the free world should.

 

 

(h/t JB via ABC News)

The president understood that he was broke a cardinal presidential rule.  "Here’s the general rule," Obama explained: "You don’t put stuff on your head if you’re president.  That’s politics 101. You never look good wearing something on your head."

Chief White House photographer Pete Souza posted a photo to Instagram showing the president donning a tiara alongside a group of Girl Scouts from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Some things you find on the internet actually happened.

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• The 25 Top Personal Development Leaders of 2014. (Success)
• 22 Pictures That Prove That 2014 Is Already the Future. (Buzzfeed)
• See the Most Beautiful Data Visualizations of 2014. (Fastcocreate)
• 5 Most Insidious Conspiracy Theories of 2014. (Alternet)
• The 20 Best Songs of 2014. How many do you know? (Vulture)

 

Trading Links:

• Citigroup to Move Headquarters to U.S. Capitol Building. (New Yorker [Humor])
• The Federal Government Now Employs the Fewest People Since 1966. (RTE)
• Top Market Themes for 2015. (Goldman Sachs)
• Frequent - But Inefficient. HFT might reduce liquidity, not boost it. (Economist)
• A Good Problem to Have During the Holidays: Vatican Finds Hundreds of Millions of Euros 'Tucked Away'. (Reuters)

Should I Buy It? [Flowchart]

Tis the season ...

 

via Good.