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• Predator: A Smart Camera that Learns
• Funny Dog Faces at 50 MPH
• There I Fixed It - Part 3
• Alabama, Auburn Battle In NFL Draft
• Two Toilet Pranks
• Chinese Fake Hard Drive

Predator: A Smart Camera that Learns Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:19 PM PDT A scientific research project by Zdenek Kalal, a PhD at the University of Surrey, UK. More infos about the project here, but isn't it too… powerful? Do you think?

Funny Dog Faces at 50 MPH Posted: 08 Apr 2011 11:08 PM PDT We all know how dogs love to stick their heads out of the window of a speeding car. Well these dogs like it too and make some hilarious faces while their owner's are speeding down the road at 50MPH. They sure look like they are enjoying themselves.

There I Fixed It - Part 3 Posted: 08 Apr 2011 10:11 PM PDT Another great collection of the funniest and dumbest repair jobs. Previous parts: There I Fixed It - Part 1. There I Fixed It - Part 2

Alabama, Auburn Battle In NFL Draft Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:47 PM PDT Even NFL betting players had to be impressed at last season's "Iron Bowl", the annual game between Auburn and Alabama in which the Tigers came back from a 24-point deficit to edge the Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa and keep their national-title hopes alive. The two schools are sending a pair of defensive linemen to the NFL's first round, and the player who deemed better in college likely won't be the higher pick. Auburn's Nick Fairley had a brilliant junior year and won the Lombardi Award, along with the Defensive MVP of the Tigers' BCS title win over Oregon. He didn't have the best combine, though, and only a solid Pro Day is keeping him from slipping outside of the top 10. It appears as though he won't fall any lower than eighth, where Tennessee will pick as they need to fortify their line, and Fairley can play anywhere in a 4-3 scheme. Another factor: new line coach Tracy Rocker was Fairley's mentor at Auburn. However, Alabama's Marcell Dareus should end up going before Fairley for a few reasons. He seems to have a better work ethic than Fairley, who is explosive but takes plays off. Dareus is also decorated as he was the Defensive MVP of Alabama's 2010 BCS title win over Texas, and like Fairley he can play all over the line, but he's bigger. Dareus can also play in either a 3-4 or 4-3 system, while Fairley is more suited to the 4-3, so that should help him out. Denver has the second pick and they've pinpointed the defensive line as their major need, so it wouldn't surprise us if the Broncos snagged Dareus, who had an excellent combine. While Fairley may have more upside, Dareus is ready to play right now.

Two Toilet Pranks Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:33 PM PDT These are two great ideas for funny office pranks. The guys in this office took their time to unusually decorate the women toilet. The effect was achieved immediately. At first, women wispered curse words. Then they started to get indignant and at last they compained to their boss about it.

Chinese Fake Hard Drive Posted: 08 Apr 2011 09:31 PM PDT One guy brought this failed 500Gb hard drive to service center because of some problems. When workers of the center opened it they were very surprised, because there was... 128 Mb flash drive inside instead of the 500GB hard drive. The man explained that he bought this fake Samsung HDD in a Chinese store. Be careful what you buy.

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Weekly Address: President Obama on the Budget Compromise to Avoid a Government Shutdown

Your Daily Snapshot for Saturday, April 9, 2011   Weekly Address: President Obama on the Budget Compromise to Avoid a Government Shutdown In his Weekly Address, the President discusses the importance of the bipartisan budget agreement that represents both a significant investment in the United States' future - and the largest annual spending cut in our history. Watch the video. In Case You Missed It Here are some of the top stories from the White House blog. President Obama's Statement on the Bipartisan Agreement on the Budget Late Friday evening, President Obama addressed the Nation on the bipartisan agreement on the budget. Announcing the 2011 Race to the Top Commencement Challenge Finalists Today, the White House announced the six finalists for the 2011 Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge. White House staffers Lauren Paige and Gannet Tseggai called each of the six finalists to share the good news. Take a look at some of their enthusiastic responses. Listening to American Businesses The administration is having a conversation with businesses through roundtables held in 100 communities in all 50 states to get ideas on generating growth, creating new American jobs and increasing U.S. economic competitiveness. Get Updates Sign Up for the Daily Snapshot  Stay Connected     Facebook Twitter YouTube Flickr iTunes       This email was sent to Email Address Manage Subscriptions for Email Address Sign Up for Updates from the White House Unsubscribe Email Address | Privacy Policy Please do not reply to this email. Contact the White House The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111

Seth's Blog : Why makers should think a little bit more like managers (and vice versa)

Why makers should think a little bit more like managers (and vice versa)

Paul Graham, as usual, is thought provoking.

There's no question that programmers, designers, writers and others that do their best work in a moment of flow do themselves and their organizations a disservice when they are ruled by the clock and spend a lot of it in meetings.

Paul's argument is that makers should be insulated from this sort of wasteful nonsense.

The essay is one of his best ever, but I think he needs to add a key point...

Managers need to act more like makers, because making is more important than ever before. Even the most Outlook-driven manager can benefit from finding the isolation to do truly challenging work.

Makers need to be disciplined enough to interact like managers, else they will become pawns in a system they don't sufficiently influence. If you're not present when decisions are getting made, my guess is that you won't like what gets decided...

Neither side gets to insist on just one way. Both need to do more of the other's work. Not because it's easy or even fun, but because it's still the best way to bring your vision to the world.

 

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Seth's Blog : Insist on the coin flip

Insist on the coin flip

Very often, we're challenged to make decisions with too little information. Sometimes, there's no information--merely noise. The question is: how will you decide?

Consider the challenge we faced when setting the pricing for a brand of software we were launching in 1986. It was the biggest project to date of my short career... more than a year of work by forty people. Should these games cost $29, $34 or $39 each? My bosses and I had one day to finalize our decision for the salesforce.

Unlike Harvard case studies, we had no graphs, no history, no data. We were the first in the category and there was just nothing significant to go on. The meeting was held late on a Thursday. In addition to my newly minted Stanford MBA, we also had two from Harvard, one from Tuck and another I think from Wharton in the room.

We talked for an hour and then did the only intelligent thing--we flipped a coin. To be sure we had it right, we double checked and flipped two out of three. The only mistake we made was wasting an hour pontificating and arguing before we flipped.

This is also the way we should settle closely contested elections. We know the error rate for counting ballots is some percentage--say it's .01%. Whenever the margin is less than the error rate, we should flip. Not waste months and millions in court, we should insist on the flip. Anything else is a waste of time and money.

Or consider the dilemma of the lucky high school student with five colleges to choose from. UVM or Oberlin or Bowdoin or Wesleyan or who knows what famous schools. Once you've narrowed it down and all you're left with is a hunch, once there are no data points to give you a rational way to pick, stop worrying. Stop analyzing. Don't waste $4,000 and a month of anxiety visiting the schools again. The data you'll collect (one lucky meeting, one good day of weather) is just not relevant to making an intelligent decision. Any non-fact based research is designed to help you feel better about your decision, not to help you make a more effective decision.

One last example: if you know from experience that checking job references in your industry gives you basically random results (some people exaggerate, some lie out of spite), then why are you checking?

When there isn't enough data, when there can't be enough data, insist on the flip.

By refusing to lie to yourself, by not telling yourself a fable to make the decision easier, you'll understand quite clearly when you're winging it.

Once you embrace this idea, it's a lot easier not to second guess your decisions--and if you're applying to college, you'll free up enough time to write a novel before you even matriculate.

 

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