Monthly Archives: February 2009

Understand the Credit Crisis

February 25, 2009 – 6:01 pm

Here is a great little video explaining the basics of the credit crisis. Check it out:
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

By Patrick Posted in Financial 7 Comments

Obama on the Wii

February 20, 2009 – 8:07 pm

Obama Girl just put out a new video with Obama, Bush, and the Clintons as Miis. It is one of the funniest videos I’ve seen in a while. I’m not sure if it’s b/c I’m a PoliSci nerd (there are a lot of political inside jokes) or what, but this thing had me cracking up.
[If [...]

By Patrick Posted in Politics No Comments

ATW: Pepsi’s New FatMan Logo and Why Not to Buy Diamonds

February 13, 2009 – 4:56 pm

Each week I browse through hundreds of articles on my RSS feed (find out what RSS is here). Many are not very interesting, while others are life-changing. I’ve decided to start a weekly post that lists the top articles I’ve read around the net that week–I’ll call it Around the Web (ATW). Most have to [...]

By Patrick Posted in ATW 3 Comments

The [Psychological] Cost of Procrastination

February 12, 2009 – 1:06 am

I will admit to having a mild case of procrastination (when it comes to some things, I am a huge procrastinator). The crazy thing about procrastination is that the reason we procrastinate is to relieve ourselves of some perceived pain that would be endured to complete the task at hand. However, in reality, we will [...]

By Patrick Posted in Life skills 6 Comments