Sexy Jihad

Econbrowser has generated a cool map & analysis of world wealth distribution by multiplying GDP per capita by the number of people per square kilometer:
A paper by John Gallup, Jeffrey Sachs and Andrew Mellinger in the International Regional Science Review in 1999 introduced the concept of “GDP density”, calculated by multiplying GDP per capita by […]

Boing boing has a great summary on the myth that porn is a huge financial powerhouse. The following samples nicely illustrate their point:
An average gonzo cost about $13,500. Than editing hard and soft is about $1,200. Design a sleeve is about $600, authoring is about $700, sleeves are about $500, replication is about $1,500 […]

In what I find is an excellent summing up, Steve Pavlina gives 10 reasons why a permanent job is detrimental to your personal and financial well being & development:
Just for fun I recently asked Erin, “Now that the kids are in summer school, don’t you think it’s about time you went out and got yourself […]

The good old BBC has an eye opening piece on India’s current electricity predicament:
Slum dwellers’ unofficial hook-ups are the most visible sign of India’s power theft crisis, but there are yet bigger problems dogging the country’s energy sector.
Meter tampering by middle class households seeking to pay less than they should costs still more, says Sangeta […]

Businessweek online has made a nice showcase of the cream of the current building projects in Dubai:
A building boom in the emirate has led to a whole host of chart breakers, in categories including highest apartment, biggest mall, and one of the world’s most unique resorts
Dubai has been grabbing headlines lately — for more […]

The oil drum has written an (as ever) intelligent piece on why oil production is peaking now:
This post is for the benefit of those readers whose friends or relatives just spat out their coffee over their morning New York Times in surprise that oil is starting to run out and nobody warned them before now. […]

It seems it still is possible to get rich quick with almost no work and a good idea:
If you have an envious streak, you probably shouldn’t read this.
Because chances are, Alex Tew, a 21-year-old student from a small town in England, is cleverer than you. And he is proving it by earning a cool million […]

For those of you interested it seems that someone is selling of an entire internet porn company on eBay:
This company has strong ties to dozens of veteran Adult Entertainment directors, producers, editors, talent and much more, and we will be more than glad to introduce you to all of them. Including those involved in […]

MSN Money reports what we all already know, namely that Google is worth a shitload :
Google stock tops $400, worth $117 billion
Investors clamor to buy the search engine’s stock because they believe it is revolutionizing advertising. How high can the shares go?
When Google (GOOG, news, msgs) went public last August at $85 a […]

Engadget reports that some dude is selling a shitload of old computer equipment on ebay:
There’s no other way to put it; this is just about the sickest collection of gear we’ve ever seen available on eBay. The Freeman PC museum is currently auctioning off a collection of 441(!) vintage computers, hundreds of accessories and peripherals, […]