Random links
- 'Alpha-Male' Role in Hollywood Is a Dying Trend, Experts Say
- The article talks about the rise of "the geek." Somehow - it's just a guess - I doubt that there'll ever be a movie made of me editing LaTeX documents or writing some software.
- Mike Rowe's website: host of the show "Dirty Jobs"
- "Doesn’t it seem strange that we can have a shortage of skilled labor, a crumbling infrastructure, and rising unemployment? How did we get into this fix? Are we lazy? Our society has slowly redefined what it means to have a “good job.” The portrayals in Hollywood and the messages from Madison Avenue have been unmistakable. “Work less and be happy!” For the last thirty years we’ve been celebrating a different kind of work. We’ve aspired to other opportunities. We’ve stopped making things. We’ve convinced ourselves that “good jobs” are the result of a four year degree. That’s bunk. Not all knowledge comes from college. Skill is back in demand. Steel toed boots are back in fashion. And Work Is Not The Enemy." (HT: Z)
- Dinner at 100 miles per hour
- He wanted to set "a new world record for the fastest piece of furniture." What Brits do when they've got no better ideas...
- Once a Dynamo, the Tech Sector Is Slow to Hire
- "[C]omputer scientists, systems analysts and computer programmers all had unemployment rates of around 6 percent in the second quarter of this year ... significantly higher than the unemployment rates in other white-collar professions."