Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks Undisclosed $13B - Bloomberg

Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks Undisclosed $13B - Bloomberg: "Saved by the bailout, bankers lobbied against government regulations, a job made easier by the Fed, which never disclosed the details of the rescue to lawmakers even as Congress doled out more money and debated new rules aimed at preventing the next collapse."

Are. You. Kidding? I've never been a fan of abolishing the Federal Reserve. Having a central bank is a useful part of the economic system. However if the role of the Fed is to rig the system to insure profits for the banks and then hide the details from the taxpayers, then something has to change.

What really worries me isn't that voting out the current administration would fix this. It's that voting in the Republicans would just make it worse. At this point both sides are too corrupt to be worthy of support.

Steve Jobs and NeXT

Great video of Steve Jobs in his role as leader of a startup. We think of him as a designer and innovator, but this is a great view of him in the context of someone trying to herd the cats of a startup as it needs to hit a rapidly approaching market window.

true dat

via gapingvoid gallery

I really love all the work that Hugh does at gapingvoid gallery. If you haven't taken a look at his art, do it now. I'm sure you'll find something that will speak to you and your team.

All About SOPA, the Bill That Wants to Cripple Your Internet

All About SOPA, the Bill That Wants to Cripple Your Internet: "What the bill can't do is block numeric IP addresses, so you could still access Lifehacker, or any other site that could be censored, if you knew that address. This is important because it means this bill can't do much to stop downloaders of pirated content. If a domain name is blocked, everything will still work via the numeric IP address. Basically, the bill will be no good at stopping piracy—what it was apparently designed to do—but excellent at censoring any web site capable of providing its users with the means of promoting pirated content or allowing the process. This includes sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, and many more."
via LifeHacker.com

picture this (with Legos)

This is what I should have been building with Legos instead of Frank Lloyd Wright replicas. This is a real working camera body made out of Legos.

via carynorton.com

Legotron Mark I by Cary Norton | Design Milk: "a real, working camera out of LEGOs!"