death switch

http://deathswitch.com/

This is brilliant and extraordinarily useful.

CEO Firings on the Rise as Downturn Gains Steam

CEO Firings on the Rise as Downturn Gains Steam - WSJ.com: "A deepening labor market downturn that cost 524,000 Americans their jobs last month is even swelling the jobless rate for chief executives."

This just breaks my heart.

Aldi Looks to U.S. for Growth - WSJ.com

Aldi Looks to U.S. for Growth - WSJ.com: "Aldi Nord owns California-based Trader Joe's specialty food stores."

I had no idea.

John Lennon speaks

A design and usability blog: Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals): "Amazing animation. ‘In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room ..."

Amazing.

Laid off?

Ask The Readers: What Should You Do When You've Been Laid Off?: "in fact, a close friend lost her job to the insatiable beast that is our current financial meltdown—leaving her with all kinds of questions about what she should do next. "

Are most of the laid off women? In a completely non-scientific observation, I'm seeing a lot of her and she in the press when talking about layoffs.

Florence Nightingale: Statistician

Science News / Florence Nightingale: The Passionate Statistician: "When Florence Nightingale arrived at a British hospital in Turkey during the Crimean War, she found a nightmare of misery and chaos. Men lay crowded next to each other in endless corridors. The air reeked from the cesspool that lay just beneath the hospital floor. There was little food and fewer basic supplies."

Great article on the usefulness of properly presented mathematics. Love the "coxcomb" graphs in this context.

where has the time gone?

It's been an incredibly long time with no activity. However, with the political season nearing an end and a product release on the horizon I think I'll be able to begin updating this beast again on a much more timely basis.