Apple has just released its financials statements for the June quarter. The company has $76.2 billion dollars in cash The US treasury updates its financials daily. The government has an operating cash balance of $73.8 billion You, astute reader, will note that Apple has more cash than the US government. As Business Insider points out, [...]
The Productivity Tricks and Daily Habits of Famous PeopleJuly 30, 2011
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Epic Fails: Billboard JuxtapositionsJuly 28, 2011
Here’s a tip. Before you purchase your next billboard, check what the sign next to it is advertising. The Fail Blog has a collection of unfortunate billboard juxtapositions. See the full gallery on Posterous Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
New Zillund – If you can’t beat em…..July 27, 2011
If you can’t beat em…….. Join em How To Speak New Zillund At The World Rugby Cup. RUCK: Abbrev. of Richard , a popular boys name. BULL: What [...] |
Derek’s got talent – a profoundly abled musicianJuly 25, 2011
31 year old pom Derek Paravicini is profoundly abled. Sure, he can’t do up buttons on his shirt, doesn’t know how old he is, and has been blind since birth. But he can play the piano beautifully – and he can play any song he has ever heard, in any key, in any style. Derek [...] |
Losing it in the WindJuly 25, 2011
Apparently there has been some weather in Sydney this week. The BBC were impressed by this waterfall flowing uphill. Reminds me of Will’s favourite poem. Losing By Robert Pottle Sure is windy out today. There goes my hat. It blew away. At least I’ve got my glasses on. Oh no! Where are they? Darn they’re [...] |
Copyright and the Canon according to Trevor SykesJuly 24, 2011
Our Latin teacher, Fr Fraser, had a ‘canon’ of ten books which all educated people should have read. He was never invited to submit his list to The Book Show on Radio National, but should have been. However, finance writer Trevor Sykes was a recent guest. His list (below) had one book in common with Fr [...] |
Anyone can do it – Nala scores bigJuly 22, 2011
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Mac OSX LionJuly 22, 2011
Max OSX 10.7 “Lion” was released from captivity this morning. If you are currently running “Snow Leopard”, you can download it from the Mac App Store The Mac App Store is also available from the Apple Menu. If you are on Leopard, or an even earlier ‘cat’, you will need to wait till the DVD [...] |
Honesty ExperimentsJuly 19, 2011
What would you do if a coffee cart gave you $5 too much change? What if the barista in the cart was completely obnoxious? The NAB have ‘conducted a series of honesty experiments‘ which have ‘established’ that Australians are very honest (so they deserve an honest credit card, apparently). While it is touching to see [...] |
