by Roman on November 28, 2009
Here is a short story that made me think!
While visiting a Swiss town, an American businessman watched a man painstakingly carving the casing for one of the fine cuckoo clocks made in that region.
Noting the slow rate of progress, the businessman said, “My good man, you’ll never make much money that way.”
“Sir,” the [...]
by Roman on November 22, 2009
A poem by Herbert Kauffman
You are the Man who used to boast
that you’d achieve the uttermost,
some day.
You merely wished to show,
to demonstrate how much you know
and prove the distance you can go.
Another year we’ve just passed through.
What new ideas came to you?
How many big things did you do?
Time left twelve fresh months in your care
how [...]
by Roman on November 19, 2009
Have you ever wondered what is the yearly salary of the president of the United States of America? Well – you don’t have to look any further.
President Barack Obama’s Yearly Salary:
In 2009 the presidential salary for Barack Obama is 400 000 dollars per year.
In other words the president makes 33 333 dollars a month or [...]
by Roman on November 13, 2009
Over 10 years has passed since I did any of this but I figured it would still make an interesting read.
1. Advertising
About 10 years ago I made a website on Geocities – the address was something like www.geocities.com/mywebpage.
I used a special program and a list of more than 20 000 proxy servers to fake the [...]