Twitter Redux (Jan 2009 - Mar 2009)

The Hardest Interview Puzzle Question Ever - http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001243.html

Jihad against joy - http://tinyurl.com/bgqanc

Sarkozy and the 'hobby of kings' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7910711.stm

Does UC really test intelligence? - http://tinyurl.com/buuv4z
[UC = University Challenge]

15 Incredible Conceptual Designs You Wish Existed - http://tinyurl.com/d359pl

"I was driven mad by the Chinese education system" - http://tinyurl.com/akszvy

Savant for a Day - http://tinyurl.com/3mz54k
[Ambivalent about this article. I find it somewhat disturbing. Feels like instant gratification on some level.]

Mysterious number 6174 - http://plus.maths.org/issue38/features/nishiyama/

Judges Plead Guilty in Scheme to Jail Youths for Profit - http://tinyurl.com/cdtncj

Mindf**k movies - http://tinyurl.com/adx4oy

"Today the level of BQG has gone so high that every serious quizzer is aware of the group" - Am I missing something here?
[Tweeting sceptically after reading this article in the Deccan Herald about the Bangalore Quiz Group]

@uvfan "The optimist sees the doughnut. But the pessimist sees the hole." I would say the pessimist sees the calories :-)
[in reply to uvfan about http://twurl.nl/hvk07x]

The Ultimate Dogfooding Story - http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001217.html

RT @uvfan "How to choose a chart" chart - http://tinyurl.com/7uw4xv

http://edward.oconnor.cx/2005/04/rms - Was RMS was trying to be funny? If he was, I would say he was unsuccessful. Emoticons FTW :-)

How Porsche hacked the financial system and made a killing - http://radian.org/notebook/porsche

"If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, you’re the sucker" - Matt Damon in "Rounders"

"If we’re not failing at something on a regular basis, we’re just not trying hard enough." - Supposedly an old adage

The Next World Order - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/opinion/02das.html

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