17 Maj 09 Obama en kul kille
The President Gets Laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner from White House on Vimeo.
Ganska annorlunda mot när George Bush blev grillad av Stephen Colbert för tre år sedan: Colbert vs Bush
12 Maj 09 Good day Sir, you have a very fine beard!
På lunchen mötte jag en sikh som tilltalade mig med ett stort leende i sitt prydliga skägg under ett par glittrande ögon i ett turbanklätt huvud:
”Good day Sir, you have a very fine beard!”
Han frågade mig om han fick berätta för mig om min framtid, och det fick han. Vi satte oss på en stentrappa vid en port i lite avskiljdhet från den frenetiska lunchtrafiken och han spådde mig, ungefär så här:
”I can see you have a lucky forehead. I am a fortune-teller and I can tell your future. You have not been lucky in your life, but you will be since you have a lucky forehead.
You are very generous and like to help people, but you don’t get any help yourself when you need it.
You have two bad habits. Do you know what they are? You have a bad habit in that you cannot keep a secret. It would be good if you can control this. You have a very good heart and want to help people, but you cannot keep a secret.
You are born in November in the sign of Scorpio and in October you will travel and be happy. So you will move north close to Stockholm? That will be very good for you. In this place Malmö you will not find your luck. Much more lucky where you will travel. You have had no luck in life so you have no riches or money. You have had no help from others.
One bad habit is that you cannot keep a secret. You are very logical and you are working very hard, but you have not found any recognition. You have a bad habit in that you think too much. That is the second bad habit. You think too much. But you can change your bad habits.
I will now tell you how you will be happy in life. There are three things that will make you happy: Health, Love and Travel.
You will live a long life as can be seen in your life-line. You will not die a violent death of any kind, no accident or anything like that, but die very calmly and peacefully. You have a very good heart and you are very kind to other people.
What is your favourite colour? Red? No, it can’t be red. It can’t be red and it can’t be white. Is your motorcycle your favourite colours? What colour is that? Red and White? Is it really? Hahaha! Red is good when you need energy, but you seldom need energy and red can be bad in that it can make you bad-tempered. Green is a good color for you and this stone (hands over a black stone) will be your lucky stone.
Please be kind and give a note of high value to be generous. Please give two since we are two gentlemen. OK, thank you very much, nice meeting you sir.”
En verkligen trevlig gentleman som det var ett nöje att träffa, för ett år och 9 månader sedan. Och förhoppningsvis ett nöje för dig, läsare, att läsa om.
Etiketter: Färg, framtid, frenologi, hjärta, kiromanti, sikh, spådom
09 Maj 09 Danmark och Sverige i topp på ”The Global Information Technology Report”
Återigen är Danmark och Sverige 1:a och 2:a på den topplista som World Economic forum (WEF) presenterar i samband med ”The Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009″. Bra utbildning, teknologi i framkanten och innovation är det som behövs för att lyfta oss ur den nuvarande finanskrisen.
”The Report underlines that good education fundamentals and high levels of technological readiness and innovation are essential engines of growth needed to overcome the current economic crisis. Under the theme “Mobility in a Networked World”, this year’s Report places a particular focus on the relationship and interrelations between mobility and ICT.”
| Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Country Denmark Sweden USA Singapore Switzerland Finland Iceland Norway Netherlands Canada |
Score 5.85 5.84 5.68 5.67 5.58 5.53 5.50 5.49 5.48 5.41 |
Ett citat från när jag skrev om senaste rapporten för två år sedan:
”The Networked Readiness Index (NRI) measures the propensity of countries to leverage the opportunities offered by ICT for development and increased competitiveness. It also establishes a broad international framework mapping out the enabling factors of such capacity.”
Se och hör Irene Mia, ekonom på WEF, berätta mera i detta klipp:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRnishuE9cc
Här hittar man mer data och även föregående års rapporter.
Etiketter: finanskris, ICT, IT, teknik, Utbildning, WEF, World Economic Forum
Dagens Lindström
