The world is flipping on its head these days. Big companies are shrinking, and the answer seems to be a DIY career. It’s not who you know, but what you can do to make things better these days. And when you’re done with that for today, check out the links below.
— Ha ha. Bill Gates thought it would be funny to release a swarm of malaria infected mosquitoes on a crowd of millionaires at TED. Hee hee, our boss is there (but the bugs didn’t really have malaria) link
— Did you hear the Lewis Lazare over in Chicago started blogging? Next thing, Martin Sorrell will have one too. Oh, wait. link
— In case you’d forgotten, Gawker is still giving away crack link
— Hyundai’s “safety net” marketing scheme is actually working link
— Which underserving ISP and cable provider that we loathe is in the red? Time Warner Cable, that’s which link
— President Obama is getting tough with those pesky Republicans who keep trying to save their constituents’ money via tax cuts link
— That whole division between church and state thing just got a kick in the ass, in the direction of more separation link
— They moved “The Miracle on the Hudson” plane the other day link
— This UK town has an electric garbage truck that runs on the garbage it collects link
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