I just Googled “NFL mock draft” for the hell of it and got about 33.5 million results — almost all of which, somehow, are about 2014 (as opposed to previous years that are stuck in the Google Cache somewhere). Here’s… Continue Reading
Last night, 60 Minutes profiled Year Up, a non-profit organization that basically takes disadvantaged, poverty-stricken students and gives them an intense career boot camp experience in either IT or financial operations. Ultimately, many of the graduates of the program — right now… Continue Reading
From PBS NewsHour: basically, about 30 percent of the food produced in the United States ends up as waste. 36 million tons goes to landfills, which is bad news for the environment — food waste ultimately converts to methane, which is… Continue Reading
Couple of big themes from the Grammys last night — Macklemore had a nice performance in which 33 couples were married, Beyonce and Jay-Z proved once again that they own the world, Pharrell Williams’ hat, Lorde winning a bunch of… Continue Reading
Salt Lake City has already been recognized for having way-above-expectations public transportation, and the Milken Institute called it out as a great place to live and work, but now … it might be the city most representative of the American… Continue Reading
The actual release date of Clerks was in October 1994 — an insane fall for films, because Pulp Fiction was out at the same time, as was Forrest Gump (and Shawshank) — so the actual 20th anniversary will be this October, which times out with the potential release… Continue Reading
Here’s the basic story: Ludwig Schumacher and Christina Schumacher were married for 19 years and had two children. Ludwig was a member of the Vermont National Guard and then a Republican campaign official; Christina was a finance/operations person. Last summer, they… Continue Reading
A little over a month ago, Buffer — a startup that, among other things, lets you schedule your social media postings — decided to publish its salary format and the salaries of all its current employees on its blog. You could… Continue Reading