Would you rather earn $50,000 a year while other people make $25,000, or would you rather earn $100,000 a year while other people get $250,000? Assume for the moment that prices of goods and services will stay the same. Surprisingly — stunningly, in fact — research shows that the majority of people select the first […]
Anything, as long as it’s more than you get
Posted by Ben on January 29, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/anything-as-long-as-its-more-than-you-get/
The future is here
Mildly frightening robot cat. Just don’t let it eat the robot chicken. (Somewhat surprisingly, not that robot chicken.) (via Consumerist)
Posted by Ben on November 4, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-future-is-here/
Surely 34 months wouldn’t kill you.
Would they? A handy listing of food (and some non-food) expiration time frames. Although, come on–you’re supposed to refrigerate opened peanut butter after 3 months? Refrigerate? Really? It’s reassuring, as always, to see that even when the sun outlives its useful existence and fries the earth, honey will still be good to eat. (via RealSimple, […]
Posted by Ben on August 26, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/surely-34-months-wouldnt-kill-you/
Remember that old “if it sounds too good to be true” saying? Wasn’t it CRAZY?
Or maybe it wasn’t crazy at all. In fact, does anyone say that anymore? They ought to. Because, if it does, it is. From a press release on the FBI’s web site: The sales pitch was seductive: the young visionary behind Brown Investment Services in Virginia guaranteed investors he would double their money in 30 […]
Posted by Ben on August 9, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/remember-that-old-if-it-sounds-too-good-to-be-true-saying-wasnt-it-crazy/
Please pass the Hamburger Augmentation Product
A study of UCLA’s Center on Everyday Lives of Families finds that convenience foods aren’t. Which is to say, families relying on so-called “convenience” foods spent as much time preparing dinner as those families who leaned on, e.g., hot dogs and frozen peas. (EurekAlert: “Convenience foods save little time for working families at dinner.” [Aug […]
Posted by Ben on August 8, 2007
https://www.swordbilled.com/please-pass-the-hamburger-augmentation-product/
Books smarten up a room, annotated edition
Books are so popular in home decor that even people who don’t read acquire them. They buy volumes by the yard at Half Price Books. They send orders off to a California book-decor specialist who ships Danish language books by the foot. No comment. Danish? Well, they aren’t meant to be read. Unless you happen […]
Posted by Ben on December 27, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/books-smarten-up-a-room-annotated-edition/
In the news: opposites attack
Pretty faces negatively influence ad campaigns, anti-smoking ads encourage smoking.
Posted by Ben on November 26, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/in-the-news-opposites-attack/
A little (re)touch is all it takes
Think you’re fit for a mag cover? How are your cheek shadows? How about your shirt creases (any ugly shadows?)? See retouching in action, step-by-step, in this flash exhibit.
Posted by Ben on September 28, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/a-little-retouch-is-all-it-takes/
A Travelogue of Addiction
A Chicago Tribune correspondent embarks on a mission to trace the oil from a service station back to its sources; the results are quite remarkable–enlightening and frightening and such–and are conveyed through a written article and an online video documentary (which, before you go, “aw, shucks,” has pretty remarkable production values). (Also, the documentary uses […]
Posted by Ben on August 8, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/a-travelogue-of-addiction/