mindBloggin » stuff I like http://www.periferral.com/blog Things that move me, stuff that matters Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:22:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Short-squeeze: No you pervert, it’s not what you think. http://www.periferral.com/blog/generic/short-squeeze-no-your-pervert-its-not-what-you-think/ http://www.periferral.com/blog/generic/short-squeeze-no-your-pervert-its-not-what-you-think/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:58:11 +0000 Avinash Shetty http://www.periferral.com/blog/?p=264 I stumbled across this well written article one of the most masterful hacks of the financial system in history.

]]> http://www.periferral.com/blog/generic/short-squeeze-no-your-pervert-its-not-what-you-think/feed/ 0 Amazon’s $23,698,655.93 book about flies http://www.periferral.com/blog/stuff-i-like/amazon%e2%80%99s-23698655-93-book-about-flies/ http://www.periferral.com/blog/stuff-i-like/amazon%e2%80%99s-23698655-93-book-about-flies/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 07:31:02 +0000 Avinash Shetty http://www.periferral.com/blog/?p=254 Definitely an interesting read about the pricing model used by some on the Amazon Marketplace.

]]> http://www.periferral.com/blog/stuff-i-like/amazon%e2%80%99s-23698655-93-book-about-flies/feed/ 0 How are you Sir Spamalot http://www.periferral.com/blog/tips-and-tricks/how-are-you-sir-spamalot/ http://www.periferral.com/blog/tips-and-tricks/how-are-you-sir-spamalot/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:11:05 +0000 Avinash Shetty http://www.periferral.com/blog/?p=249 A neat trick I learned today from Kevin Rose.

If you a using Gmail as you personal email and are giving it out to sites that you don’t trust, give them +@gmail.com instead. Use any word after the plus as your unique spam filter. So for example, periferral+jobs@gmail.com could be used to filter all emails when you apply for jobs. You can create filters based on from to easily filter spam.

Neat huh?

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]]> http://www.periferral.com/blog/stuff-i-like/ice-cold-decks/feed/ 1 Part animal, Part plant. Complete coolness. http://www.periferral.com/blog/stuff-i-like/part-animal-part-plant-complete-coolness/ http://www.periferral.com/blog/stuff-i-like/part-animal-part-plant-complete-coolness/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:47:07 +0000 Avinash Shetty http://www.periferral.com/blog/?p=196 How cool is this. Now if only we humans could evolve to be something like this and solve our climate chaos.

]]> http://www.periferral.com/blog/stuff-i-like/part-animal-part-plant-complete-coolness/feed/ 0 Reproductive biology: Girls on top http://www.periferral.com/blog/stuff-i-like/reproductive-biology-girls-on-top/ http://www.periferral.com/blog/stuff-i-like/reproductive-biology-girls-on-top/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:11:39 +0000 Avinash Shetty http://www.periferral.com/blog/?p=175 Fascinating post about how evolution is beyond us.

http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15125173

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