Getting What You Paid For, Studying Traffic and Old School Music Pirates Rejoice

OmniNerd – Articles: Beating Traffic
An attempt to analyze traffic from a statistical point of view….can you generate statistics based on stupidity? Because that’s what it really boils down to. Waxing philosophic on the subject, I keep thinking of the first Men in Black movie.
Jay:
Why the big secret? People are smart, they can handle it.

Kay:
A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.
This sums up the major flaw inherent with traffic. People have to make merges and they don’t know how to (apparently).

Bone: Out from Boneville & the Shot/Reverse Shot | The New Gamer
I was interested in this game when I first heard about it, but I was supremely disappointed by the demo…much as I was disappointed with the Boondocks animated series…the voices didn’t feel right to me. But also I got to this one part where I had no idea what I was supposed to do and just got frustrated and gave up. Interesting analysis though.

The Dilbert Blog: Wedding Favors
Scott Adams tries to understand wedding favors, which are apparently like the little gift bags you used to give out at your birthday party.

Are we really getting what we pay for with our AP??? – MiceChat
An interesting discussion on the fees we all love to pay.

Free calls to any phone with SkypeOut – Lifehacker
Groovy?

Skypecasts: Converse with new people across the globe – Lifehacker
Groovier?

Pirate a record – Lifehacker
Grooviest.

Jim Hill : “You always have to be sure & take those meetings”
The story of Bonnie Arnold, producer of Toy Story, Tarzan and Over the Hedge….stolen from the Mouse House by none other than that dastardly demon, Jeffrey Katzenberg. Has he no morals? Just kidding….

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