My name is Nicholas Ober, and I’m a consultant from NYC. Here I share my life on the web.Tumblr (3.0; @nober)http://blog.nicholasober.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l722r2lM2X1qzmcp9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Amusing website that translates business jargon into simple English. Aptly named, <a title="Unsuck It" target="_blank" href="http://unsuck-it.com/">Unsuck It</a>.</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/943585373http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/943585373Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:11:26 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5wc6m4c8W1qzmcp9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Do typefaces really matter?</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/839823474http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/839823474Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:15:58 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Tn-YesqzvNk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>A hilarious take on the recent Apple iPhone antenna controversy courtesy of Taiwanese television</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/832528026http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/832528026Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:39:35 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KKcrDaiGE2s?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>BP’s effort to polish off their oil-tarnished image… Too little, too late…</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/663207405http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/663207405Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:34:13 -0400<object width="400" height="358"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://media.theonion.com/flash/video/onn_player.swf?videoid=17470&embedded=true&host=http://www.theonion.com" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://media.theonion.com/flash/video/onn_player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="358" flashvars="videoid=17470&embedded=true&host=http://www.theonion.com"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Plausible…</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/611664746http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/611664746Tue, 18 May 2010 21:28:13 -0400<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5540789/the-guy-who-flew-thousands-of-passengers-as-a-fake-pilot">Shades of "Catch Me If You Can"</a>: <p><span> </span></p> <h1>The Guy Who Flew Thousands of Passengers As a Fake Pilot</h1> <p><span>(via <a title="Gizmodo" target="_blank" href="http://www.gizmodo.com">Gizmodo</a>)</span></p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/608823729http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/608823729Mon, 17 May 2010 23:08:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2ir5gv8cy1qzmcp9o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>How to react to an oncoming Google StreetView Car</p> <p>(via <a title="Make Use Of" target="_blank" href="http://www.makeuseof.com"><a href="http://www.makeuseof.com">www.makeuseof.com</a></a>)</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/603982272http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/603982272Sun, 16 May 2010 11:32:02 -0400<a href="http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ont4.htm">"On the Fritz</a>: <p>Where does the term come from?</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/548755545http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/548755545Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:33:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1g61oheKw1qzmcp9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pretty swell view</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/548743476http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/548743476Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:27:23 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1g5zcadxt1qzmcp9o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>How Europe views America</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/548740461http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/548740461Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:25:59 -0400<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=hu&geocode=&q=püspökladány&sll=47.47359,19.052891&sspn=0.009268,0.013604&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Püspökladány,+Magyarország&ll=47.347001,21.113845&spn=0.004645,0.006802&t=h&z=17">Image of Jesus in Google Maps</a>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/548737205http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/548737205Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:24:30 -0400<a href="http://balto.nickober.com/internet.jpg">Nature of the Internet</a>: <p>(via focus.com)</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/540929114http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/540929114Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:27:51 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l138qkP9rP1qzmcp9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>View from a hammock by the beach at dusk</p> <p>November, 2003</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/531354746http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/531354746Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:56:44 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YHKuB85EgnI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home</strong></p> <p>A personal favorite right now that I can’t get out of my head…</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/531323011http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/531323011Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:41:16 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nFicqklGuB0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Standard operating procedure for a typical American movie</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/531312245http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/531312245Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:35:52 -0400<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/04/14/toyota.suspension/index.html?hpt=T2">Toyota's safety woes are infecting the company's prestigious Lexus divison</a>: <p>Uh oh…</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/522334694http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/522334694Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:11:26 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pFhSogGnu4I?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Most outrageous movie trailer ever — Syfy’s “Mega Piranha”</p> <p>The movie drew 2.2 million viewers to the recently rebranded Syfy network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. More interesting, of the 2.2 million watching, only a little over 800,000 were between 18-49 years old. That means that there were more Little Jimmys and Grandma Ethels watching than high dorm-living college students. </p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/522326916http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/522326916Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:07:53 -0400<a href="http://www.asylum.co.uk/2010/02/01/agan-harap-superhero-series-photoshops-heroes-into-history/">Artist Photoshops superheroes into historical scenes</a>: <p>My personal favorite is Batman alongside Fidel Castro (seen below)</p> <p><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.asylum.com/media/2010/01/castrobatman.jpg" width="240" height="360"/></p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/367159606http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/367159606Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:09:58 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/7809605" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Amazing video until you realize that it is entirely computer generated. Then it becomes unbelievable. </p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/338092117http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/338092117Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:19:54 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/v3cjCaGYrCc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The hilarious Craig Ferguson on the shift of Leno back to 11:30 PM on NBC and Conan to midnight. CBS and Letterman are also clearly enjoying the mess that is NBC’s current late night lineup.</p> <p>NBC chief Jeff Zucker had in his hands a dynamite lineup before the flip at the beginning of the summer…#1 with Leno following the 11 o’clock news and an immensely popular Conan following in the 12:30 AM time slot…and did the unthinkable…he screwed things up.</p>http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/323765519http://blog.nicholasober.com/post/323765519Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:03:36 -0500