R is a programming language for statistical analysis and visualisation that I'm taking an interest in for a work project. It's another open source tool that makes us richer. One way it does that is by being used by Steve McIntyre to plot climate data and replicate (or not) the hockey team's research. While researching R, I found R-bloggers, and in particular a post about the use of ...

It's not for the #OWS hippies, unemployed or recent college graduates! But for all of those Occupy Wall Street anarchists out there, this scents for you!* *May not be typical of women at an #OWS rally! “Like” TPC on Facebook here. Follow TPC on Twitter here.

The post-New England Super Bowl loss riots in Amherst, Mass. were nothing compared to the soccer riots in Cairo (thank God), but can a psychiatrist explain why it happens at all? Something about groupthink? Can you imagine if the Patriots had won the game? “Like” TPC on Facebook here. Follow TPC on Twitter here.

Facebook, on the other side of the pond, may or may not be worth $100bn, but either way it doesn’t matter. Eye instead the company’s S-1 filing with the US securities and exchange commission, and the key figures that stand out are that it took seven years to create a company with $3.7bn in revenues

Unemployment is falling in the US, where wealth-creators are applauded, rather than denounced, writes Boris Johnson.

This Saturday morning humor centered around the Obama administration will make you laugh, then cry, then extremely mad and then incredibly refocused on the 2012 presidential election! Cartoons courtesy of Theo Spark Top picture source “Like” TPC on Facebook here. Follow TPC on Twitter here.

A film including active-duty SEALs who risk their lives protecting ours! H/T Theo Spark “Like” TPC on Facebook here Follow TPC on Twitter here.

Could you live without daily electronic conveniences -- Twitter, Facebook, email, texting and more -- for 90 days? Jake P. Reilly, a 24-year-old copywriting student at the Chicago Portfolio School, did just that. From October to December, he unplugged from...

After 3 years of the Obama administration the job market has certainly not improved very much, particularly in groups such as new college graduates! And these newbies to the interviewing process don't need the added anxiety that comes from not knowing how to tie a Windsor Knot. That where Ashley of EyeHanddy comes in! Become a fan of The Political Commentator on Facebook here! Follow The Poli...

Facebook, Google, Twitter and other social networking sites will support European citizens’ initiatives that will be launched starting 1 April, corporate representatives said during a conference in Brussels last week. More »