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A Junk Charts reader tipped us about this chart that appeared on the front page of one of their newspapers. It announced: "Iceland banks are in a universe of hurt".

As we all know, Iceland is bankrupt, and all its banks are spinning out of orbit. But is this outer-space concept successful in portraying the story? We think not.

Le Figaro ha eliminado un anillaco de 15.000 euros del dedo de la ministra de Justicia francesa en su foto de portada. [La noticia, en El Periódico]

Le Figaro reconoce que manipuló una fotografía de la ministra de Justicia Rachida Dati para ocultar el anillo valorado en más de 15.000 euros que llevaba en una foto publicada en portada.

That the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor's 500 kept falling Thursday, down to their lowest levels since when Britney Spears was svelte, is no longer news.
 
The news is simply that the bag of tricks upon which regulators, traders, and assorted smart money relied for so long is truly empty. The last hour of trading took investors further into the economic sinkhole as grim forecasts and plunging oil prices gripped Wall Street.
 
What didn't work today was strong-arming on Capitol Hill as guerilla bands from both parties tried to push through a federal bailout of the auto industry. News that it was close to happening actually lifted the Dow to triple-digit gains early in the day, a flash that quickly became a memory as Democratic leadership put the brakes on.
 
What also didn't work was Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's grandstanding buy of Citigroup shares. Long known as being among the smartest of the smart money, the Saudi billionaire can now join Warren Buffett, G.E. boss Jeff Immelt, and countless others who are bottom feeding before Wall Street has found its bottom.
 
His  Kingdom Holding Co. is down 63 percent this year, costing him $13 billion in paper losses, according to Bloomberg.
 
The prince stepped up today and increased his stake in the megabank from 4 percent to 5 percent—a buy that Bloomberg estimates cost nearly $350 million. Citi's shares closed at a 15-year low of $4.71, down 26 percent for the day.
 
History may absolve him, but on this day, the prince looked desperate, hoping his aura would pull Citi out of the doldrums more effectively than massive job cuts, draconian restructuring, and, likely, a few more heads rolling from corner offices.
 
The cosmetic moves and shows of bravado won't hide what's ailing the markets or the U.S. economy: growing fears of corporate bankruptcies and credit chill that don't show any signs of lifting.Related Links
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Compartir conocimiento da un valor importante, pero compartir lo adecuado aún más, son tantos los fotógrafos que piensan que compartir un f8, un ISO y un 1/125 es lo más importante, que se pierde el propósito principal de la fotografía.

En Magnum Photos comparten un interesante artículo donde varios veteranos de la foto dan consejos a jóvenes fotógrafos.

It’s so great when a developer creates a piece of software that matches precisely a feature that I’ve been wanting for years. This is the case with George Brocklehurst’s compactly executed and altogether wonderful utility Choosy, for Mac OS X. Once installed, it effectively intercepts your clicks on Web links from non-browser applications — Mail, Word, iChat, whatever — and displays a menu of available browsers that you can ‘send’ the link to.

Incredibly handy for people who use multiple browsers regularly — people like me and you, too, I’m guessing.

In February, Barlcays estimated that if one major institution went down, there would most likely be between $36-$47 billion in losses due to counterparty risk in the credit default swap market as risk was repriced. A similar CDS study by BNP Paribas put the figure at $150 billion in potential losses.

But the repricing of risk extends just beyond the CDS market, IMF economists Miguel A. Segoviano and Manmohan Singh argue in a new working paper. Using data on banks' counterparty positions before the Bear Stearns collapse, the pair calculate the potential loss to the financial system from a repricing of risk across the entire OTC derivatives market:

Starkly quiet architectural imagery. Not recommended for manic depressives. Via AisleOne.

The idea:

http://blogs.periodistadigital.com/personalidad.php/2008/11/20/tapas-canas-domingo-concurso-9999

Hace un año, más o menos, dio inicio un largo periplo que hoy llega a este bonito resultado. Resulta que los editores del Fondo de Cultura Económica, después de mi participación en la exposición la DIFerencia en la Mirada, corrieron el albur –sin albur– de contactarme para un proyecto jugosito: ilustrar un libro completo.
Ni tengo que decir que desde hace años tenía ganas de realizar un proyecto así, de ilustración editorial. Adoro los libros y las letras, pero el trabajo del diseñador no siempre nos lleva por esos rumbos, y uno acaba dándole prioridad a proyectos que mejor nos ayudan a pagar la renta, aunque no sean tan enriquecedores ni tan líricos.
Además, me siento honrado de que mi debut en estos menesteres sea nada menos que con una de las figuras más dinámicas de nuestra literatura mexicana actual: Juan Villoro.
Autor de El disparo de Argón (novela), Los Culpables (cuento), y los dos volúmenes del Profesor Zíper (narrativa infantil), entre otros libros, Juan Villoro estrena ahora esta historia destinada al público juvenil/infantil.
Sin adelantar nada de la trama, podríamos decir que la narración trata de las aventuras a las que nos llevan los libros, y las vertiginosas travesías a la que nos pueden transportar las letras, sobre todo cuando somos jóvenes y empezamos a reunir las piezas del rompecabezas de la vida, alentados por personajes estrambóticos, chicas de dientes impredecibles, gatos que rondan por todas partes y libros, libros y más libros, que más que colecciones de páginas y tapas son seres vivientes auténticos, a veces más vivos que muchas personas que deambulan por el mundo...
Ilustrar El Libro Salvaje fue un reto. Usé técnicas tradicionales y digitales, pero el efecto es cálido y manual. Me gustó mucho el resultado.
Aprovecho para invitarlos a la presentación del libro, que se llevará a cabo en el Aula Magna del Centro Nacional de las Artes, a las 4 PM éste domingo 23 de noviembre, en el marco de la XXVIII Feria Internacional del Libro Infantil y Juvenil. Habrá una firma de ilustraciones a las 5 PM. Ojalá puedan asistir.
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The Wild Book, by Juan Villoro
(and some other guy)
About a year ago, a long tour –and detour– started, and today we reach at this nice result. It happens that the editors at Fondo de Cultura Económica, after my participation in the exhibit La DIFerencia en la Mirada, invited me to collaborate in a interesting, juicy project: to illustrate a whole book.
For many years I had a longing to do a project like this. I’m a fierce lover of books and letters, but the Graphic Designers’ job not always lead to this kind of work, and tends to focus on more practical, un-lyrical, rent-paying projects. Besides, I am glad that my début in these tasks is, nothing less, with one of Mexico’s most dynamic writers of today: Juan Villoro.
The plot is about, well, Literature, but also about mysterious, ubiquitous cats, far-out-characters, unpredictably-toothed girls, poetry-inspired food and many, many books, which happen to be more alive than a lot of walking people!
To illustrate this narrative was a challenge. I used traditional and digital techniques, but the final effect is rather warm, handcrafted, organic. I’m very happy with the result.
The Wild Book will be presented at the Main Hall of the National Center for the Arts, (Mexico City) this Sunday, November 23rd at 4PM, at the XXVIII Children and Young Readers’ Book Fair. There will be an illustration signing at 5PM. I’ll be glad to see you all there!

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FontFont Catalogue Online

Just a quick one: not sure how I missed this the first time around, but the entire FontFont catalogue can be viewed online over at issuu. You can flip through the 2009 catalogue, zoom in for higher resolution, and even download it (though you’ll need to sign up).

Normalmente, las pintadas simples no nos hacen mucha gracia en MMM. Claro que siempre hay excepciones. Sobre todo cuando el mensaje que transmiten es tan impactante como el de arriba. ¿Qué leches querrían decir?

Jason Fried at 37 Signals offers an appreciation of the Drudge Report:

A couple weeks ago on Twitter I said: “I still maintain the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web. Has been for years.” A few people agreed, but most didn’t. Some thought it was a joke. I wasn’t kidding.

Senators from auto-industry states say they have a bipartisan deal to aid Detroit's troubled Big Three.

The Detroit News reports that the plan involves drawing money from the $25 billion Congress has already allocated to the companies to retool their plants to improve fuel efficiency.

Rumors by Neil Simon (IN ENGLISH)

Friday (this week) at 7 pm > IT´s FREE > Put on by university. St. Louis University > Metro: Metropolitano, Autobus, EXT 132, Circular > At > Colegio Mayor Elias Ahuja > Calle Rector Royo Villanova, 4 > They will have a sign out front directing you to the > auditorium.

Stack Overflow Podcast episode 30 is up, with special guest Richard White of UserVoice.

Si has decidido dejar la seguridad de tu empleo para lanzarte a la aventura del freelancing es porque tienes un espíritu inquieto y permanecer estático es algo que tu sistema va a rechazar de ahora en adelante. ¿Así que qué sigue? ¿Ahora que eres un freelancer exitoso hacia donde puedes ir? Aquí enlisto algunas posibles rutas que podrías seguir, pero probablemente haya más, en las que no pensé aun.

1.- De freelancer a agencia