Weekly Update: Jan29, 2012

2012-01-29T07:26:00+08:00

Below is the highlight from my weekly activities on the web.

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Tales from the Net

The Harry Potter movie series might be coming to an end (yes, “an”), but this is where I read the entire story.
Started watching this video thinking it’s another feel-better slogan. Boy I was the one so superficial. This is the video I needed to watch when I was her age. I guess it’s the same for most of us.

"Don’t say you were a bit confused and sort of tired and a little depressed and somewhat annoyed. Be confused. Be tired. Be depressed. Be annoyed."
(“I was getting a haircut the other day and I saw your article”). I mention this as a reminder that far more periodical reading is done under the dryer than under the reading lamp, so there isn’t much time for the writer to fool around."
"Trying to add style is like adding a toupee. At first glance the formerly bald man looks young and even handsome. But at second glance—and with a toupee there’s always a second glance—he doesn’t look quite right. The problem is not that he doesn’t look well groomed; he does, and we can only admire the wigmaker’s skill. The point is that he doesn’t look like himself."
— William Zinsser, On Writing Well

I am definitely not the only one who believes The Hunger Games is about the annual hot dog eating contest to choose the next global leader.
Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach. No, I am not talking about teachers. I am talking about consultants, economists, and psychics.
I suspect doctors prescribe excessive pills not only for receiving subsidies but also because they actively rely on placebo effects.

Interestingness Rediscovered