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The presentation below from Google docs explains the way Subprime worked. This is a rather complex system. But all the system bears on a very simple assumption: House prices should always increase. Of course it couldn’t work for ever. Subprime Explained – Google Documents  

I found this funny video that shows how people think life is at Microsoft. I like the end: "you don’t need tech support". Life At Microsoft – The Truth Revealed Life At Microsoft – The Truth Revealed | Tina Wood | Channel 10

BBC released on their web site a very good historical Flash Game called Viking Quest.

Daily Writing Tips published here a great vocabulary test. It’s short and fun. They plan to publish other vocabulary tests regularly: The vocabulary tests will be based on the “Word of the Day” category. Every 20 posts on that category a new test will be released.

There is a very good comment on the post explaining the difference between Marketing, Public Relation, Advertising and Branding. The comment is from a guy called Tricky and explains other forms of interaction between companies and consumers like Tech Support, Direct Marketing, Telemarketing, … I reproduced it below:  The buzz word in today’s business world [...]

Ads of the world published a funny set of pictures that explain the difference between Marketing, Public Relation, Advertising and Branding: Image courtesy of Neutron, LLC.

Hans Rosling is a genius of statistics. He knows how to bring out insights from boring statistics. The following video show one of his presentation at TED: In a follow-up to his now-legendary TED2006 presentation, Hans Rosling demonstrates how developing countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He shows us the next generation of his [...]

Several mini skits where the Hip Hop star Kanye West parodies himself:

Reuters Pictures reports some photos of this Little Paris in China: An aerial view of Tianducheng, a residential area on the outskirts of Hangzhou in east China.