Principles of economics made simple!

without further ado:
http://www.idkwtf.com/videos/latest-videos/principles-of-economics-translated
This reminds me of a most wonderful explication of the US mortgage crisis, at the “good math, bad math” page. A must read.

Are you a Zionist? (part 1)

I live in a rather tiny village - no more than 60 family homes, on a small Galilean mountain top. The village’s infrastructure are somewhat (meagerly) supported by “The Jewish Agency of Israel“. I’m not quite sure what exactly they are doing to help the village. They did buy the land for the village, but, [...]

Catch 3G

My boss got himself a brand new Nokia 3G cell phone.
The Internet connection malfunctioned.
So he called the company. They said:
“We’ll set it up, sure. But then we have this problem with the net… if your phone loses sound, call us”. Sure enough, the sound broke sown, and sure enough, the company wants him to confirm [...]