Condescending Motivation

Custom Demotivator
Originally uploaded by microbrew.

Create your own Demotivator: Parody Motivator Generator.

via [Despair: When silent suffering isn't enough]

A Powerpoint Presentation in a Meeting about Meetings

IEEE Spectrum: The "Briefing" - The author apologizes for his role in unleashing Viewgraphs upon the world. He also has a solution - "Bull Hockey", a form of lingo bingo.

And where are these VU graphs and their successors, the Powerpoint presentations unleashed in the most hideous ways? In meetings. 4.34 hours a week of them if you're an average man, according to a recent survey. See Endless Meetings: The Black Holes of the Workday.

William Gibson: SERE

"When I first saw what they were doing, I knew that they’d turned the SERE lessons inside out. That meant that we were using techniques the Koreans had specifically developed in order to prepare prisoners for show trials." - William Gibson

Yep, Willaim Gibson has a blog. He's best known for coining and popularizing the term "cyberspace".

Which Baller are You?

What type of player are you?

The Crazy World of Pick-Up Basketball

Greece, World Beaters

Greece 101, USA 95

Disappointed, but not suprised. I didn't watch any of the games, so I won't comment but you can read what other people wrote. At least there's the consolation prize.

Greece has been on a tear in international sports. They won the 2005 European Basketball Championship and before that, their biggest prize tod date: the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship.

Links:

• 2006 FIBA World Championship


• The Parade of Pundits Dissects the U.S. Demise.


• USA Basketball: Rules
  compares the rules betweem NBA, FIBA and NCAA.