December 2008
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Non-fiction Audio Books Worth Listening To
I’ve been listening to audio books during this holiday season and have completed some very interesting ones. Some of those that I highly recommend are the following: 1. Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria 2. Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama 3. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin I am currently reading (as opposed to listening) Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your...
Dec 29th
“Americans may admire beauty but they are truly dazzled by bigness. Think of the...”
– The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
Dec 29th
Dec 26th
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“You were born an original. Don’t die a copy.”
– John Mason
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
Dec 21st
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A really good interview of Malcolm Gladwell on his book Outliers by Charlie Rose. Success is a confluence of hard work, luck, talent, and many other factors. Oftentimes though, we overrate talent.
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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I discovered Slideshare only today. Pretty late, huh? Or as Canadians would say … pretty late, eh? Techcrunch has called it the “Youtube for Powerpoint presentations”. Here’s one I saw today, which is about Learning to Learn.
Dec 17th
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ListenMr. Brightside, one of my favorite songs by The...
Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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Do you hear what I hear?
This is an interesting article from the Wall Street Journal today. It’s by Daniel J. Levitin on the ancient drive to listen to familiar songs, the psychological effects of music and why ‘Little Drummer Boy’ is so annoying. *To read this, the WSJ requires you to be a subscriber. However, it looks like some articles are accessible by non-subscribers. This is one of them. Do...
Dec 14th
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A NEW WAVE OF FORECLOSURES - ALT-A MORTGAGES Sometimes, the unknown (i.e., what could possibly happen next) can become scary. A lot of people have been talking about sub-prime mortgages but last year, some folks I know were telling me of a bigger wave of foreclosures coming. They were talking of the Alt-A mortgages. These are “home loans … issued to borrowers with good credit...
Dec 14th
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ListenI’ve been a fan of John Proulx (pronounced...
Dec 14th
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded in Tom Friedman’s words …
Dec 13th
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The future of transportation
I am amazed at the growing consensus for a greener environment not just in terms of energy generation or infrastructure, but in terms of the kinds of products produced by different industries. Recently, I read an article by Tom Friedman in the New York Times entitled While Detroit Slept. I was particularly excited about electric cars and the developments happening in this realm. Friedman...
Dec 13th
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My first post is a CBS 60 Minutes segment shown last November 24. In my opinion, this is one of the most touching stories I’ve seen on that show. Here’s 60 Minutes’ summary of “Catching up with Rex”: Lesley Stahl catches up with Rex Lewis-Clack, a musical savant born blind and mentally impaired who, at 13 years old now, is making remarkable strides despite...
Dec 13th