May 2012
4 posts
April 2012
1 post
March 2012
4 posts
“Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles...”
– 28 £ for a book copied from Wikipedia?
“Nei primi due mesi dell’anno gli italiani hanno superato i russi nella...”
– 8% of the properties sold in London are bought by Italians that are now the foreigners buying more properties than everybody else in London.
Doesn’t la Repubblica wonder why? Do they think it’s a good sign if Italians are starting to put so much money in a foreign property market?
February 2012
9 posts
January 2012
13 posts
“Note: it is highly unlikely a 3 Port switch will need power hence a PSU is not...”
– Weird writing style for a user manual, but funny.
“Clearly, many of us enjoy fatty foods, from well-marbled steak to pretty much...”
– Tip of the Tongue: Humans May Taste at Least 6 Flavors (via outofcontextscience)
December 2011
8 posts
Fontgate - the guardian →
gravitazero:
We have a large windowless meeting room at Argonne with an old-fashioned pull-down projector screen. When I walked in there yesterday morning for the CERN videolink I was greeted by 30-odd ashen-faced physicists. Oh lord, I thought, there has been a terrible accident.
The accident, it turns out, was comic sans.
[…]
I saw it coming. (hat tip peppe, su frenfi)
November 2011
10 posts
“NOT since Silvio Berlusconi’s erstwhile political sponsor, Bettino Craxi, fled...”
– The end of Berlusconi: Hallelujah | The Economist (via phonkmeister)
“The deeper causes of weak productivity are a two-tier jobs market, which...”
– http://www.economist.com/node/21538178
“Life is expensive because protectionism is rife. Many professions have an...”
– http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/10/berlusconi-exit-italy | And that’s why I probably never took a cab in Italy.
“I am saying that on Monday there will be a disaster on the markets if you,...”
– Giulio Tremonti, the Italian finance minister, speaking with his prime minister (according to the Financial Times).
October 2011
13 posts
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