Buffett’s Letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders on 2008

By John Brown | March 1, 2009 - 9:06 am |March 1, 2009 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever, Zing

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I got my masters degree in accounting and information systems. While going to school I started an investment club and learned about a man named Warren Buffett. Warren Buffett is humble, full of folksy humor, and trades places with Bill Gates as the richest man in the world, depending on the year you’re counting. His annual →

Animals in Translation by Temple Grandin + Interview

By John Brown | February 16, 2009 - 10:32 am |March 1, 2009 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever, Zing

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I have read few books more interesting than Temple Grandin’s Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior. In it she describes her world of autism and how it helped her a perspective into animals unlike any other expert in the field. She can literally see what we block out. It’s →

Great presentations aren’t the only thing on TED

By John Brown | February 11, 2009 - 4:21 pm |February 11, 2009 Zing

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Hello, my name’s John. I’m a TEDaholic. To any of you who still aren’t hooked on TED–there’s more out there than fascinating presentations by interesting people. And now I’m off to Amazon to buy some music by Natalie MacMaster.

“Why can’t we grow new body parts?” by Alan Russell at TED

By John Brown | February 10, 2009 - 3:23 pm |February 10, 2009 Zing

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Don’t go to TED. You’ll never get out.

The Snake that Could Eat a Cow

By John Brown | February 4, 2009 - 4:40 pm |February 4, 2009 Zing

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Titanoboa. 43′ long. Weighs more than a ton. Could eat Bessie. Literally. The picture below is of a python slithering over the vertebra of a titanoboa. More here in Times Online article, USA Today, and LA Times.