Guy who ran Oriental Trading Company lost $127 million in vegas. $127 MILLION!

people who talk about their intentions are less likely to make them happen.

"the order from least to most horrible is identical to the order from youngest to oldest, or that every one of them was good once and isn't any longer" an amazing anecdote about slashdot -> digg -> reddit -> YC -> etc.

A very interesting article and easily the clearest explanation of shorting stocks that I've ever read.

"I am certain they'll make it to the other size of this mess with those fundamentals intact, and when the market gives me the opportunity to buy the best businesses I understand well at 8-12x current cash flow" We're about stock, for the first time.

"I'd like to propose a new, optional HTML tag: IMG" -- Marc Andreessen

This is a book in progress.

Y! Combinator News Thing

Did his movie factory really need a hilltop observatory, a solarium with towering ficus and a herd of Wagu cattle? This is the guy, though, who also labeled that first "Star Wars" film "Episode IV"

via zachklein