Mind Your Decisions

What makes a baseball pitcher unhittable? [Video]

Great pitchers are able to keep batters guessing by concealing their pitch selection. You can see Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish is able to throw five different pitches with almost the…

- 6 hours, 36 minutes ago

Creative Decisions 19-June-2013

1. “Grass-fed” bacon 2. E.T. tweet home? 3. If you build it, they will come 4. Is this why slow-clapping works? 5. Jeep vs Pool. Perhaps Chrysler should recommend this as a way…

- 13 hours, 55 minutes ago

The best and worst ways to redeem credit card reward points (cash-back cards)

image by zoovroo, CC BY 2.0 Chase, Citi, and Discover all offer credit cards where you can earn rewards for every purchase. You can either get cash, or you can get merchandise or a store…

- 1 day, 6 hours, 37 minutes ago

Manager Hirings

My friend sent me an interesting post from the Xero blog which describes how a good company can quickly fall apart. The Bozo Explosion colourfully described by Steve Jobs is what happens to…

- 2 days, 6 hours, 37 minutes ago

Monday puzzle: How a startup is like rolling a 100-sided die

image by Gurney5, CC BY 2.0 Consider the following challenging mathematical puzzle. You roll a 100-sided die. You then have two choices: (1) you can cash out and get paid the dollar amount…

- 3 days, 6 hours, 37 minutes ago

8 Reasons I Love My Infrared Non-Contact Thermometer Gun

Image by JMR Photography, CC BY 2.0 This is a cool gadget I picked up a few years ago. You aim the gun, with a laser pointer, and it gives you an instant temperature reading. You can see a…

- 6 days, 6 hours, 36 minutes ago

How to outsmart the smart

This is a classic joke I have seen on a lot of websites. If you know the original source, please let me know. Bored during a long flight, an eminent scholar leaned over and woke up the…

- 1 week, 6 hours, 36 minutes ago

Why you shouldn’t win every argument

image by Asim Bijarani, CC BY 2.0 There was a time when I wanted to be “right” all the time. Then I began to see why it was wrong. Someone who wins every argument is not fun.…

- 1 week, 6 hours, 37 minutes ago

How to make infinite chocolate (Video)

This is a delightful 3-minute magic trick. Just think about each piece as a square of chocolate. Video: Infinite Chocolate Trick The question is, how is he doing it? There are other videos…

- 1 week, 1 day, 6 hours, 37 minutes ago

How would you encourage more hand-washing?

According to a new study, about 95 percent of people don’t wash their hands correctly. Here are some attempts to change behavior. Which methods do you think actually work? 1.…

- 1 week, 1 day, 6 hours, 37 minutes ago

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