Interesting Links for 24-04-2014

[andrewducker]

• ‘Sell me this pen:’ The real answer to The Wolf of Wall Street’s challenge
  (tags: marketing sales movies )
• No, Tech Adoption Is Not Speeding Up
  (tags: technology history )
• 28 Shocking Pictures That Prove That The Illuminati Is All Around Us
  (tags: illuminati conspiracy funny )
• The Elder Scrolls Online continues to sound appalling
  (tags: mmorpg

Comments

[andrewducker]

http://c4factcheck.livejournal.com/

and also

http://fullfact.livejournal.com/

(Those are my two main sources for fact-checking blogging)

[bart_calendar]

Can't you just make the pen pink and write "For Her!" on the packaging?

[andrewducker]

I suspect you'd have a lot of fun selling porn-related pens :->

[cairmen]

"So what requirements do you have for this pen?"

"Oh. OH. Really? Good lord. Well..."

"I think you'll find this pen is ideally suited to your needs, as it happens. It's waterproof, wipe-clean, and has a wide base..."

[danieldwilliam]

My mum will be delighted by the elevation of the Cornish to the status of officially despised humorous ethinic group. It will make being ignored by London so much nicer for her.

*singing* "and shall Trelawny live? and shall Trelawny die, a hundred thousand Cornishmen will know the reason why?"

[andrewducker]

Step 1: Independent Scotland
Step 2: Independent Wales
Step 3: Independent Cornwall
Step 4: Tell the English to surrender, they're surrounded.

(Step 0, of course, happened in 1916.)

[danieldwilliam]

I am reminded of a conversation I imagine didn't take place between Camilio Cavour and Victor Emmanuel after Garibaldi "liberated" southern Italy and presented it to Victor Emmanuel.

Garbaldi: Your Majesty, I present you Italy Entire.

Cavour: (coughs and looks uncomfortable on his horse.)

VE: (sotto voce) Cavour old boy, is there any way I can say thanks but no thanks?

Cavour: (sotto voce) Alas, your majesty, I fear not. (To Garbaldi) Thank you Senor Garbaldi, I'm sure a medal will be in the post just as soon as we've invented one suitable for such an achievement.

[andrewducker]

I imagine that running such an alliance would keep some people very busy indeed :->

[daveon]

As I mentioned yesterday, the trick to selling anything is getting control of the conversation and steering it to the point where the only thing the mark, ahem, buyer, can do is beg to buy it or their life won't ever be complete.

Depending on what you're selling it can, in the case of Jordan Belfort, help to be an amoral bastard.