Story #1: One time Barry Diller was visiting Sergey Brin and Larry Page. The topic of the meeting was to see how the greatest media mogul could work with the greatest Internet moguls. It was like two galaxies colliding to create something beautiful when seen from light years away. Larry Page was texting or doing… Continue Reading

Rob told me JB was dead. JB was my best friend growing up. We sat next to each other on the bus. After school we’d play ping pong or pinball or monopoly or ride bikes. Every single day we did this for eight years. Then we drifted apart. Rob said, The last time I spoke… Continue Reading

Dear Google, I sort of want to have sex with you. Or I want you to be my father. Or my best friend. I don’t know, I feel so nervous writing this letter. I hope you write back but you can’t because you’re God and God has to care for all of Her People and… Continue Reading

I distinctly remembered we all threw our bodies on top of each other. We were making a mountain of bodies. We were all laughing and wrestling to see who would get to the top of the bodies. I was on top. I was three or four years old. We were in “Yellow Duck Nursery School”.… Continue Reading

I’m throwing out all my clothes and books and most of my projects and thoughts. I’m sick of most of the things I own. What do I really need them for anyway. Are they really that important? Most of my books were swept away in Hurricane Sandy. And all my pants have holes in them.… Continue Reading

“Neurons that fire together wire together” is the aphorism most commomly used by neurologists to describe the process by which our brain assists learning by changing its physical structure. That is, there’s a real-life, physical cognate to your ability to learn new information and develop new skills. This is an aspect of the neurological term… Continue Reading

“At present, India is fully dependent on imports of potash.” Karnalyte Resources wins India investor for new potash mine. National Post Also: Karnalyte peer Encanto Potash (EPO) shares soared 12% Friday after another Indian consortium disclosed being in discussions with the company over a potential off-take deal. Read the statement here.

How to design breakthrough inventions. 60 Minutes Outcry after NOLA’s daily paper cuts back. 60 Minutes

Made A Stupid Mistake? Own it. Many people who make mistakes tend to skulk away in embarrassment and hide forever. But we all make mistakes, and this is precisely the wrong thing to do. That skulking could mean that others will forever judge you as weak. Is the smarter strategy not to show up immediately… Continue Reading

Mexican drug gangs dig into mining industry. Al Jazeera Gore Went to Bat for Al Jazeera, and Himself. NYTimes

Soul Men: The Making of The Blues Brothers. Vanity Fair Money for Nothin’ Writing Checks for Free. PIMCO ArcelorMittal Deal Fuels Iron-Ore Rally. Bloomberg

Ackman, Herbalife and Celebrity Short-Sellers. NYTimes Petroamerica Announces the Start of Drilling Operations on its CPO-1 Block With the Spud of Altillo Oeste-1. Newswire

“We are all here on Earth to serve the Greeks.” In 2012 I Learned That… Reformed Broker Time to toot horn for George H.W. Bush. CNN What’s Ackman’s Herbalife Game? Reuters

Heirs of Mao’s Comrades Rise as New Capitalist Nobility. Bloomberg Who is the Canadian linked with 11 reverse-merger failures? Globe and Mail

Steven A. Cohen: A Fascination of Wall St., and Investigators. NYTimes Inside The Bank of England’s Bullion Vault. YouTube The Jim Cramer Of China. Businessweek