Stu's Friends

But I'll Have to Dock Your Pay for That Hospital Gown

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 2:00 PM

http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/009503.html

Boss: It's about time! You're finally back, you know Kristen isn't here.
Employee wearing a heart monitor: Yeah, I know she's out sick.
Boss: Do you know how she's feeling? Will she be back tomorrow?
Employee wearing a heart monitor: No, but my doctor said I'm having heart problems.
Boss: Well, you look fine and you're here, so that's not a big deal.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Pluto's kin may have invaded asteroid belt

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 5:55 PM

new_scientist

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/54a2d04/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn174720Eplutos0Ekin0Emay0Ehave0Einvaded0Easteroid0Ebelt0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17472

Millions of objects in the solar system's main asteroid belt may be icy interlopers from beyond Neptune, a new study suggests

Links For Wednesday 15th July 2009

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 7:04 PM

alasdair

Essay: Dumb-dumb bullets – July 2009 – Armed Forces Journal – Military Strategy, Global Defense Strategy

Whenever anyone asks me why I hate meetings and powerpoint, I am just going to point them at this. If the purpose of a presentation in a meeting is to get decisions made, then the decisions made as a result are likely to be flawed. The information should be circulated in a sensible manner pre-meeting.

(tags: productivity education management)
Words For Print Vs Words For Web | > jim rossignol

Yes. Clever stuff. Worth the read. Ties up with some back-of-the-mind thoughts I'm having at the moment.

(tags: papernet writing)
Meeting Ticker

This should be up on the a screen in every meeting room, ever.

(tags: productivity business funny)
tedr*tumblr: Right on Trent

Trent Reznor nails the future of not just the music business, but more or less any creative economy. Barring, of course, the disruptive new technology that will be invented next month that will render his notions moot. But y'know, it's a good summary of what everyone should have been doing for the last few years.

(tags: music art business)

This entry was originally published at my workblog.

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linkdump

Especially Coins.

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 1:00 PM

overheardoffice

http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/009502.html

Coworker on phone with customer: No. We do not accept payments via fax. No, I'm sorry, you cannot fax your money to us. (pause) Ma'am, you can mail your check or money order to us, we can take check or CC over the phone, but we do not accept cash via fax.

Southington, Connecticut

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Moon rock competition winner revealed

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 5:15 PM

new_scientist

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/54a1d24/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cmg20A3271720B0A0A0A0Emoon0Erock0Ecompetition0Ewinner0Erevealed0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327172.000

This week's Feedback reveals the lucky winner of our moon rock competition, plus pithy entries from 12 of the runners-up…

Interview: Fusion in a cold climate

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 5:08 PM

new_scientist

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/54a006a/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cmg20A3271710B10A0A0Einterview0Efusion0Ein0Ea0Ecold0Eclimate0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327171.100

For most researchers, any mention of cold fusion brings back memories of a shameful period in modern science, but Martin Fleischmann, who instigated the field, says he could not have done anything differently

The calorie delusion: Why food labels are wrong

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 5:00 PM

new_scientist

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/549fa85/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cmg20A3271710B20A0A0Ethe0Ecalorie0Edelusion0Ewhy0Efood0Elabels0Eare0Ewrong0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327171.200

Our bodies digest food, rather than incinerate it, a fact that makes the way we count calories flawed and may help explain why so many of us are overweight

Fight the flab to fend off swine flu

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 5:00 PM

new_scientist

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/549fa80/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cmg20A3271750B0A0A0A0Efight0Ethe0Eflab0Eto0Efend0Eoff0Eswine0Eflu0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327175.000

Statistics from the US indicating a link between swine flu deaths and obesity point to potential new ways to fend off the virus

Jul. 15th, 2009

6:01 PM

tyrell

This is nice: The eternal Moonwalk.

As a tribute to Michael Jackson, fans video themselves moonwalking from right to left and get put into a feed which takes over from the previous one. When you load the page, you get random segments - but you can search by place or name and make your own string of clips. Actually quite fun to watch.

Dogs in swimsuits at fashion show

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 3:46 PM

metro_weird

http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/324/f/4509/s/549bbd0/l/0L0Smetro0O0Cweird0Carticle0Bhtml0DDogs0Iin0Iswimsuits0Iat0Ifashion0Ishow0Gin0Iarticle0Iid0F70A33710Gin0Ipage0Iid0F2/story01.htm

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Dogs_in_swimsuits_at_fashion_show&in_article_id=703371&in_page_id=2

Dogs wearing designer clothes strutted their stuff on the catwalk during a fashion show with a canine twist.

Jefferson would not have supported intelligent design

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 4:23 PM

new_scientist

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/549eb3d/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn174710Ejefferson0Ewould0Enot0Ehave0Esupported0Eintelligent0Edesign0Bhtml0DDCMP0FOTC0Erss0Gnsref0Fonline0Enews/story01.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17471

Claims in The Boston Globe that Thomas Jefferson would have espoused intelligent design are lazy and wrongheaded, says Ewen Callaway

Smart tags to reveal where our trash ends up

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 3:24 PM

new_scientist

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/549c693/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn17470A/story01.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17470

New Scientist is collaborating with Massachusetts Institute of Technology in a ground-breaking experiment to electronically tag and follow ordinary trash to the end of its life

World's oldest tattoos were made of soot

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 2:50 PM

new_scientist

http://feeds.newscientist.com/c/749/f/10897/s/549c68f/l/0L0Snewscientist0N0Carticle0Cdn17469/story01.htm

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17469

The tattoos of Ötzi the 5300-year-old Tyrolean iceman might have served a medicinal rather than decorative purpose

Grr

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 5:19 PM

cairmen

Things I am learning:

Attempting to organise a short-term let in London with any criteria more specific than "must have a roof" is almost impossible unless you throw money at it in epic quantities.

I Hate It When It's Their Turn to Hide

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 12:00 PM

overheardoffice

http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/009501.html

Boss to secretary: Have you seen my pants? Check behind the door.

Los Osos, California

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He Said the Same Thing About Vaginas

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 11:00 AM

overheardoffice

http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/009500.html

Little old Indian professor, struggling to set up lecture on Excel: I am feeling retarded. This is why I don't use those iPods and stuff...I am afraid.

Tufts University
Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts

Overheard by: microsoft excel is pretty evil

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Pants man proposes in spoof Bedingfield film

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 2:28 PM

metro_weird

http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/324/f/4509/s/54963f6/l/0L0Smetro0O0Cweird0Carticle0Bhtml0DPants0Iman0Iproposes0Iin0Ispoof0IBedingfield0Ifilm0Gin0Iarticle0Iid0F70A33480Gin0Ipage0Iid0F2/story01.htm

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Pants_man_proposes_in_spoof_Bedingfield_film&in_article_id=703348&in_page_id=2

A romantic music fan hired out a cinema to screen his own spoof video as part of an elaborate proposal to his girlfriend.

The "Dog Ate My Homework" Of the Eastern World

Jul. 15th, 2009 at 10:00 AM

overheardoffice

http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/009499.html

Manager handing name tag to an employee: These are the old name tags. We ordered new ones, but the courier who was delivering them fell off the train and died.

Ramat Gan
Israel

Overheard by: ayala