Monday, February 23, 2009

Gold in one unlikely place

People tell us there are gold nuggets hidden in data talking of data mining. People occasionally stumble upon inheritances they never knew of containing gold (especially relatives from African royalty). But who would have thought there was gold to be found in sewage: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/tech/2009/02/22/lah.japan.gold.poop.cnn.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The Numbers on Consumer Spending from Mint.com

Here is a look according to the anonymous users of Mint.com that report on spending, savings accounts and more. Check it out.

Creative Hackers

Check out this road sign from Texas ("Zombies Ahead").