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Fri, 11 May 2012 18:01:26 -0700

Berkshire Hathaway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:37:00 -0700

Berkshire Hathaway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

In 1962, Warren Buffett began buying stock in Berkshire Hathaway after noticing a pattern in the price direction of its stock whenever the company closed a mill. Eventually, Buffett acknowledged that the textile business was waning and company’s financial situation was not going to improve. In 1964, Stanton made a verbal tender offer of $11¹⁄₂ per share for the company to buy back Buffett’s shares. Buffett agreed to the deal. A few weeks later, Buffett received the tender offer in writing, but the tender offer was for only $11³⁄₈. Buffett later admitted that this lower, undercutting offer made him angry. Instead of selling at the slightly lower price, Buffett decided to buy more of the stock to take control of the company and fire Stanton (which he did). However, this put Buffett in situation where he was now majority owner of a textile business that was failing.

In 2010, Buffett claimed that purchasing Berkshire Hathaway was the biggest investment mistake he had ever made, and claimed that it had denied him compounded investment returns of about $200 billion over the previous 45 years. Buffett claimed that had he invested that money directly in insurance businesses instead of buying out Berkshire Hathaway (due to what he perceived as a slight by an individual), those investments would have paid off several hundredfold.

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Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:02:36 -0700

It’s true.

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:33:00 -0700

It’s true.

Propane and Propane accessories (by Vuistgevecht)

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:10:41 -0700

Propane and Propane accessories (by Vuistgevecht)

Taken with Instagram at Bayside Skyride

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:35:51 -0700

Taken with Instagram at Bayside Skyride

(via Instagram)

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:42:12 -0700

(via Instagram)

whiskerino: Remember 9Schwander from Whiskerino? He was always...

Tue, 24 May 2011 08:41:20 -0700

whiskerino:

Remember 9Schwander from Whiskerino? He was always hilarious, imaginative and nothing but purely positive.

And, now, he needs your help! The recent tornado onslaught in Joplin, MO took a great deal of his physical belongings, including his camera and gear that he uses for he and his families livelihood.

Prove that the brotherhood of the beard is legit and, assuming you can afford it, help him get back on his feet!

At Froyo Love

Fri, 20 May 2011 18:48:14 -0700

At Froyo Love

At Hornblower: “I’m on a boat.”

Fri, 06 May 2011 18:51:14 -0700

At Hornblower: “I’m on a boat.”

I’m at Hornblower (San Diego, CA) “I’m on a boat.” ...

Fri, 06 May 2011 18:51:03 -0700

I’m at Hornblower (San Diego, CA)

“I’m on a boat.”

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Bug 632749 – Doesn't show bookmark manager or code source (if dual-monitor)

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:26:05 -0700

Bug 632749 – Doesn't show bookmark manager or code source (if dual-monitor):

Firefox 4.1, OS X 10.6.7:

15” MacBook Pro with 24” Apple LED Cinema Display. ACD is primary display (has menubar). MBP is to left of ACD.

1) Place FF window on MBP screen.

2) Go to http://google.com/

3) Hit CMD+U

4) Nothing appears, though “Source of: http://google.com/” does appear as last item in Window menu.

Placing window 50% or more on ACD screen works as expected. Changing arrangement of displays so that MBP is to right of ACD also works as expected on both displays.

All it would take for me to abandon Firefox forever is for someone to fork a version that strips out all the junk and bakes in Firebug (which is still way better than WebKit’s inspector).

I’m not sure what’s worse, the bug itself, or the “WFM” refrains from the developers.

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Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:59:06 -0700

Pop Quiz Hotshot

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:38:36 -0700

Pop Quiz Hotshot

"On March 23, 2011, Justin Vernon told Rolling Stone that a follow up of For Emma, Forever Ago would..."

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:55:30 -0700

“On March 23, 2011, Justin Vernon told Rolling Stone that a follow up of For Emma, Forever Ago would be released in June. The untitled album will be composed of 10 songs and take a new musical direction.”

- Bon Iver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Untitled (by Bon Iver)

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:54:50 -0700

Untitled (by Bon Iver)

MorrisonFilm: TinyDouche

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:26:47 -0700

MorrisonFilm: TinyDouche:

I agree with this 110%. These are my exact sentiments. The troubling thing is that there is obviously something TinyGrab is not telling us.

maniacalrage:

morrisonfilm:

The guys over at TinyGrab are running a clinic on how not to handle a crisis.

A few weeks ago, TinyGrab’s servers were apparently hacked, and because of that they released new, untested software that completely doesn’t work. This makes no sense. They claim that due to someone accessing and “corrupting the kernel” (really?) of their servers, they had to completely abandon TinyGrab 1.0’s server-side codebase, as well as completely invalidate the client applications immediately.

I’m not sure I understand why this was necessary at all. If your server gets hacked you undo the damage, repair the codebase from your repository, increase/modify security, patch any holes, and you’re back to the races. If your client application needs modifications because of changes to security on the server-side, issue an update through regular channels. This could be done and solved in relatively quick time, depending on how much code needed to be updated. You can even force users to reset their passwords if necessary.

Instead, TinyGrab threw a perfectly functional client app away entirely, they removed all of their 1.0 code on the server, and they released new 2.0 versions of their client applications which aren’t at all production ready. The Mac version of the app doesn’t support even half of the functionality of the 1.0 app, and the website is a complete shambles. Most people cannot log in (including myself), and it’s total garbage.

Here’s the ridiculous thing: I paid for the TinyGrab “premium” features (a one-time unlock fee) so that I could use FTP support and have my screenshots uploaded to my own server. Guess what feature is completely missing from TinyGrab 2.0? That’s right—FTP uploads. So when TinyGrab switched over to this new, shitty client app, they completely removed the only feature I use. Well, that’s helpful!

Taken with Instagram at Carlsbad Village Station

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:21:27 -0700

Taken with Instagram at Carlsbad Village Station

Swingin’ (Taken with instagram)

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:22:52 -0700

Swingin’ (Taken with instagram)

Super Mario Bros. NEXTGEN AAA (by virtjk)

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:01:05 -0700

Super Mario Bros. NEXTGEN AAA (by virtjk)