A sign of recovery in the banking industry: Citibank invites its customers to a gambling event at which “The games will be played with ‘funny money’ provided by the bank.” The cover letter accompanying their invitation [a portion of the invitation is reproduced at right] reads: As a token of our appreciation to you, our […]
Month: March 2010
Nerd love, crates and barrels
Improbable Research researcher Jessica Girard and her fiance — both biologists — are long shots (because they are scientists) in the Crate & Barrel company’s Ultimate Wedding Contest. Stuff the ballot box for them (and on behalf of scientist love), if you like:
Ganson’s mechanical buzzing fly
Arthur Ganson’s mechanical fly buzzing around a lightbulb:
Why don’t goverments admit mistakes?
Why do governments — and for that matter, most organizations — resist admitting mistakes, even old ones? (And why do they keep repeating the same mistakes?) A recently-released British historical document suggests part of the reason. The Guardian reports on a note written by Margaret Thatcher less than a year before she became Prime Minister […]