Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* Shiseido Company, Limited, at 140 years, is the oldest cosmetics company in the world. (Courtesy: Not Couture)

* Learning foreign languages increases the probability of buying books translated from that language to your native language. (Personal Courtesy: The New York Review of Books

* The first English-language film to use the word “homosexual” is Victim, which was released in 1961. (Courtesy: Harper’s)

* The three largest employers in the World are the Department of Defense, People’s Liberation Army, and Wal-mart. (Courtesy: Harper’s)

Album Reviews

1—–>3—–>5
Terrible—>Fantastic

5
Cooke, Sam – Night Beat
Ellington, Duke and Johnny Hodges – Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues Back to Back
Howard, Rowland S. – Teenage Snuff Film
Howard, Rowland S. – Pop Crime

4
Byard, Jaki – Hi Fly

3
Jackson, Ronald Shannon – Red Warrior

2

1

Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:
* The value of a RAID array is significantly diminished when tied to on-motherboard RAID controllers. (Courtesy: Personal experience)

* Whatever you say about dictators, it seems as if they usually marry for love (even if they aren’t faithful). Their wives certainly aren’t lookers. (Courtesy: History)

* Platform shoes were the fourth most sold consumer good in DPRK during 2011. (Courtesy: Arirang News)