The Big Picture

SGI – Hurricane Sandy Tweetbeat
Creating Shareholder Value
Lessons Learned with Steve Jobs
The Big Picture Mobile Edition
The Purist’s M5? 2013 BMW M5 Manual
“We’re Famous and Not in a Good Way”
10 Weekend Reads
Bond 50: The Complete 22-Film Collection” on Blu-ray: $99
U.S. Equity Sector ETF Performance

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 05:00 PM PST

View the superstorm through the eyes of Twitter, analyzed on SGI UV 2000, the Big Brain computer. Images courtesy of Kalev Leetaru and CIGI. Twitter data provided by Gnip.

Creating Shareholder Value

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 02:00 PM PST

Source: New Yorker

Lessons Learned with Steve Jobs

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 10:00 AM PST

Steve Jobs – Lessons Learned from André Faria Gomes

by André Faria Gomes on Nov 08, 2012
Lessons Learned with Steve Jobs

The Big Picture Mobile Edition

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 09:30 AM PST

So the redesign of the site is proceeding apace. The interior work is just about done, and I am very jazzed about what Tim developed. In terms of usability it is outstanding, and has a clean modern feel. All that is really left are the header graphics and background.

One of the most requested features has been an improved mobile version for iPhones, Androids and iPads. It is not finished, but I can show you an early version of what the layout kinda is going to look like: Click or paste the URL “www.onswipe.com/bigpicture” on any mobile device. If you are on a desktop, you can see the graphics below.

This is still a rough version, and we have to sync the new graphics, font, color family, etc. The basic concept is that Onswipe’s software automatically pulls the headline, a sentence or two, and the first graphic it sees of each post.

The iPhone/Android version puts up one post per screen, with a feature button top left, and a drop down menu top right (for seeing only content now currently under tabs) op right:

The iPad/tablet version has 5 posts on the front page, you can launch any single post, or swipe to see the next 5 with similar feature/drop down buttons:

I already disabled the other WP plug in I was using, which seemed to be universally disliked.

Any thoughts, constructive feedback, criticisms would be appreciated . . .

The Purist’s M5? 2013 BMW M5 Manual

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 06:00 AM PST

This week on Ignition, Carlos Lago revisits the BMW M5 to test out something that was missing from the first test: a manual transmission. Is the 6-speed stick shift better than the standard automatic twin-clutch version?

“We’re Famous and Not in a Good Way”

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 05:30 AM PST

Manal Mehta of Sunesis Capital points out some of the absurdities that went on at BAC/CountryWide during the hey day:

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Source:
Distressed Investor
Manal Mehta
November 20, 2012

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10 Weekend Reads

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 05:00 AM PST

Some longer form material for your weekend reading pleasure:

• Reinhart & Rogoff: Top Culprit in the Financial Crisis: Human Nature (Barron’s)
• I Really Like That You Like What I Like (NY Magazine)
• 5 Statistics Problems That Will Change The Way You See The World (Atlantic)
• Hayek, Friedman, and the Illusions of Conservative Economics (TNR)
• Has 'Organic' Been Oversized? (NYT)
• The Hard Life of an N.F.L. Long Shot (NYT) see also Japan’s ninjas heading for extinction (BBC)
• Stephen Colbert Opens Up About the Deaths of His Dad, Brothers in 1974 Plane Crash (US Weekly)
• Is There a Jewish Gene? (The New York Review of Books)
• Sexbots Will Give Us Longevity Orgasms (Transhumanity) see also LA’s New Porn Law Is The Worst Kind Of Nanny State Bullshit (NSFW Corp)
• Deadhead (The New Yorker)

What are you reading?

The Sequester's Defense Cuts in One Graph

Source: Washington Post

Bond 50: The Complete 22-Film Collection” on Blu-ray: $99

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 04:30 AM PST

UPDATE: AMAZON SOLD OUT — NOW BACK TO $349.99. If it goes back on sale, I’ll post an update.

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Another one day special from the folks at Amazon: The Complete 22-Film James Bond Collection” on Blu-ray for only ~~$299~~ $99.

There is no reason to review any of the films — you either are a Bond fan or not — but this looks like a nice collectible box set. It features the classic collection of Bond on Blu-ray discs:

1. Dr. No
2. From Russia with Love
3. Goldfinger
4. Thunderball
5. You Only Live Twice
6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
7. Diamonds Are Forever
8. Live and Let Die
9. The Man with the Golden Gun
10. The Spy Who Loved Me
11. Moonraker
12. For Your Eyes Only
13. Octopussy
14. A View to a Kill
15. The Living Daylights
16. Licence to Kill
17. Goldeneye
18. Tomorrow Never Dies
19. The World is Not Enough
20. Die Another Day
21. Casino Royale
22. Quantum of Solace

All 22 James Bond feature films from Dr. No to Quantum of Solace and more than 130 hours of bonus features including never-before-seen content from the Bond archives, and more. (Everything up to but not including Skyfall, which is still in theaters).

Official Ian Fleming site: ianfleming.com

Official Bond site: 007.com

Wikipedia entry: James Bond

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