US money burning, Copyright Filip Fuxa
I just want to warn all my friends and family that this social networking company is the biggest ponzi scheme since AOL and Netscape crashed, hey maybe since the South Sea bubble.
At least if you get stuck with a tulip, you can eat it.
NRP Sagres III, Portuguese naval training ship, photo by Jose Manuel
It has been more than 500 years since the first Portuguese ship carrying envoy Duarte Fernandes sailed into Trangque, but the celebrations of the long lasting relationship between Portugal and Thailand continue.
The celebrations began a year ahead of time, in 2010 when a Portuguese training ship called the Sagres sailed into port to commemorate the long relationship.
(The Sagres was on a trip around the world at the time, but rather than taking Vasco da Gama’s famous route around the cape of Good Hope, it cut through the Suez Canal. The ships first such trip in over a decade, it selectively stopped at several countries with strong historical ties to Portugal.)
After sailing to Siam, the Portuguese exchanged some food ideas with the Thais. Apparently, the Portuguese introduced dessert into Thai culture, before the two countries met people used to just drink a glass of water after meals.
Well, today Portuguese people are being influenced by Thai culture, and learning a thing or two. Here’s a picture of Andrew, a Portuguese in Thailand who is learning to dance as the celebrations continue. (He’s at the Vira do Minho in the Siam Museum.)
Well, I’ve been getting a lot of pictures about these celebrations, but not much information.
Are you ready for C-Span in 3D? A surround sound lecture on basic algebra? The acceptance speech for “Banker of the Year” at 500 frames-per-second? Could history be more interesting if we throw a few high-tech gimmicks at it?
The technology is available, so why not shove it down our throats? Continue reading
You may think you know what to do with the future, but do you? Are you just going to stand there picking your nose all day? If so, Chinny McGringo has a word or two to say to you.
If you can’t see the video for one reason or another, I’ll leave the following abridged transcript and screenshots.
Chinny: “You know what I always say? You know what I always say? Follow your dream, follow your dream.”
Chinny: “So the other day, by Boy comes over. And you know what I say to him? You know what I say? I say, are you just going to stand there picking your nose all day? And do you know what he says? He says-”
Chinny Jr: “Yeah dad, I’m just going
to stand here picking my nose all day…”
How would you react if you were Chinny? What career tips do you have for Generations X, Y and Z?
Well, Professor Chinny McGringo knew exactly what he wanted to say, and if you watch this video, Professor McGringo may be able to help you too.
If you’re a member of LinkedIn, you’ve probably seen it. Someone offering you a great job or freelance offer that seemed to fit just what you wanted.
Perhaps you’ve even fallen for one or two scams, but don’t want to admit it. Although there were pyramid schemes and other frauds in the days before the World Wide Web was really world wide, we vaguely remember that “they”, the scam artists, used to wear shady trench coats and hang out in dark alleys.
Today, however, “they” wear trendy clothes and hang out in mainstream networking groups. Continue reading
For at least 200 years, Americans have had a national day of prayer. Ironically, this “day of prayer” tradition seems to have been started by a man who is known as a bullwark of the seperation of church and state.
Once again, President James Madison seems to be a man of contradiction.
It used to annoy me.* Every work place, every university had one at the end. Newspapers and magazines had it. The disclaimer disowning the opinions expressed in every memo, filler, and plug. Continue reading
by “Triceratops“, a new guest blogger at Ptara.com
In 1812, Martha Brotherton supposedly wrote the first vegetarian cookbook, or at least the first in Britain. It was called “A New System of Vegetable Cookery”.
An Indonesian man is facing prison for publishing a Facebook he doesn’t believe in God. He has been threatened with prison, but he has also found a large degree of support.
If you’ve been reading this blog, you probably know that 200 years ago, A British man named Daniel Isaac Eaton was sentenced to prison and the pillory for publishing a “Deist” track by Thomas Paine.
Daniel Isaac Eaton
February 19th, 1812, a man named Admoniah’s Judson sailed from Salem harbour in Massachusetts to India, and eventually to Burma. This trip was once called “the most important event of the nineteenth century.”
I wouldn’t be surprised if you never heard of Ann and Adoniram Judson. I hadn’t either, until I looked at old lists of significant dates and events. Continue reading
