Google's Success

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Mini Blog and Micro Blog?

Time and tide wait for no man. Hence, I have decided to split my time in posting the blogs into 3 versions. Regular blog, Mini blog and Micro blog. Regular blog will resides here in http://1979journal.blogspot.com. The mini blog will resides in http://1979thought.tumblr.com. I find this site to works great in posting short clips, quotes and thoughts quickly. Finally, you may also follow me at twitter here @ http://twitter.com/darklegends.

What is the Value of USD$1 Trillion?

So, what can you do with $ 1 Trillion? The folks at www.mint.com has some comparisons on the value in no particular order.

What is the size of USD$ 1 Trillion?

Below is something extracted from PageTutor to illustrate the size of One Trillion Dollars.

Step 1. Illustration of $100. This is the size of the largest US denomination currency.

Step 2. Illustration of $10,000. For most, this is equivalent to few years of their hard-earned money that fits easily into your pocket.

Step 3. Illustration of $1,000,000 (100 x $10,000). Who wants to be a Millionaire? Pathetic in term of size comparison isn’t it? Doesn’t look like a lot of money.

Step 4. Illustration of $100 Million. Now we’re getting somewhere. This is a pallet of money.

Step 5. Illustration of $1 Billion. Now we’re talking. You’ll need a truck to move your billion around.

Finally, an illustration of $ 1 Trillion. This will take you a whole warehouse to store. By the way, please note that the pallet is DOUBLE STACKED!! and the far left blip… is a size of you.

Money as Debt

What is the history of money?

Why is debt vital for the creation of money?

Will current economy crisis reverse this trend? Or will this be prelude for one global currency?

Best Flashlight in the world

If you were given a task to design a flashlight, what kind of feature would you consider? Few years back, my friend, Andrew, used to joke about the concept of solar powered flashlight. My my… what a world we are living in now. Hey Andrew! It’s now a reality.

Feel free to check out this company’s website at http://www.sunnightsolar.com/. I doubt it’ll be available in this part of the country anytime soon. Maybe our China counterpart will assist us with a cheaper alternative.

Credit Crisis Visualized

This is an excellent guide to understand the s**t-hole we're currently in. There are 2 questions that remained to be answered.

1. How do we dig ourself out of this recession?
2. How do we prevent this from happening again? or at least detect the anomalies before the s**t-hole become too large.