Quotes

"Parents are allowed to smack their children - but any action that leaves a mark is not considered 'reasonable chastisement' and can lead to charge of common assault or worse" - Metro, July 7, 2010

"The cool thing about reckless abandon is that there is always time to be sensible later" ¹

"Often, people with access to the facts use them to amplify the fear of those around them" ²

"Facts speaks louder, numbers louder still" ³

"Trade [and] not aid creates a positive cycle that promises to cure deep-seated chasms of poverty" - Seth Godin, Insubordinate [as well as ¹,² and ³]

"The most dangerous way to lose time is not to spend it having fun, but to spend it doing fake work" - Paul Graham, How To Lose Time and Money.

Where Africans can watch the World Cup in London

1. South Africa

Estimated London population: 64,000

Main area: Shepherd's Bush, Acton, Canary Wharf and Earlsfield

Where to watch: The Bok Bar,

56 Blandford Street, W1

What to say: "Can't believe I didn't check the diary before booking my trip"

What to drink: Traditional South African beer Umqombothi

2. Algeria

London pop: 4,000

Main area: Finsbury Park, Edgware Road

Where to watch: Around the Finsbury Park Mosque area

What to say: "One, two, three, vive l'Algérie!"

What to drink: Sharbats, fruit or nut-flavoured milk drinks

3. Ghana

London pop: 34,000

Main area: Dalston and Brixton

Where to watch: The Gold Coast,

40 Acre Lane, SW2

What to say: "I wish Michael Essien was here" — he's been ruled out of the tournament by injury

What to drink: Spirit akpeteshie

4. Cameroon

London pop: 5,000

Main areas: Dalston, Dagenham and Barking

Where to watch: Cameroon's first English pub, The Victoria chez Tah Ndi, 541 Queensbridge Road, E8

What to say: "L'impossible ne pas Cameroun" —"Impossible is not Cameroon"

What to drink: Palm wine or rum

5. Ivory Coast

London pop: unknown

Main area: Spread out

Where to watch: The Gold Coast,

40 Acre Lane, SW2

What to say: "Eléphants, battons nous pour la victoire!"—"Elephants, let's fight for victory!"

What to drink: Palm wine Bangui

6. Nigeria

London pop: 85,000

Main area: Spread out

Where to watch: Obalende Suya, 523 Kingsland Rd, E8

What (not) to say: "I'd rather have a speedboat than Kanu"

What to drink: ShineShine Bobo or Guinness

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-London Evening Standard

On Jobs

"[Steve] Jobs came into the office, as he does now, dressed in Levi's, but at that time that wasn't quite the thing to do, ...and I believe he had a goatee and a mustache and long hair—and he had just come back from six months in India with a guru, learning about life. I'm not sure, but it may have been a while since he had a bath. ..and he was very, very thin. ...Steve Wozniak on the other hand, had a full beard and he's just not the kind of a person you'd give a lot of money to" ¹

 

"...Steve Jobs was a problem; he was very headstrong, very much the enfant terrible... He upset people at the company and wanted to do his own thing, and wouldn't tell people what he was doing - and yet he was one of the big shareholders. So finally we decided to take his [CEO] position away from him." ²

 

 "...and Steve was even so charismatic that he got one of its competitors, Microsoft, to invest in Apple because otherwise Apple would have gone bankrupt. Steve is a national treasure; there is no doubt about it in my mind, but he doesn't invent things. All he does is take other people's ideas and promote them. He has design ideas; he has ideas where things should go, but he doesn't do them." ³

¹ Arthur Rock's on Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

² Rock on why Jobs was fired as Apple's CEO.

³ Rock on Jobs' charms.

  Read the Interview HERE 

Funny games

NIG:GER              Niger vs Germany

FIN:GER              Finland vs Germany

WAL:RUS            Wales vs Russia

BAN:NED             Bangladesh vs Netherlands

TRI:PLE               Trinidad and Tobago vs Palestine

SUD:DEN             Sudan vs Denmark

POL:AND             Poland vs Andorra

SWE:DEN            Sweden vs Denmark

HUN:GER            Hungary vs Germany

BAN:GER            Bangladesh vs Germany

As seen on REDDIT

Set Smaller Goals, Get Bigger Results

"Change can start with small measures, and it can be rewarded with small prizes, ...[in the] Toyota employee-suggestion program, the car maker receives 1.5 million employee suggestions every year, an it holds an annual awards ceremony to celebrate the single best idea. The lucky employee gets a fountain pen. (Lehman Brothers handed out million-dolar bonuses. How'd that workout?)" -  Dan & Chip Heath, Set Smaller Goals, Get Bigger Results.