In June of 1997, just as Apple was about to go bankrupt, Wired Magazine gave new CEO Steve Jobs 101 Ways to Save Apple. In its May 2008 issue, Wired discusses How Apple Wins By Breaking All of the Rules, and even admits that Wired was wrong. jmj

From the aforementioned Wired, the book version of the 'Last Lecture' is an online best-seller. If you've never seen the 'Last Lecture,' it is one of the most inspiring stories I've ever heard. Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given six months to live. The full lecture, from last September, is 1 hour 20 minutes - and completely worth it - but there's also the shortened Oprah version given after the fact. He has since outlived the six month threshold, published the book version of his lecture, and hopes to get a few more months out of life. tjc

Since 1990, there have been 1,300 Catholic schools closed in America.What's to blame? jmj

The New Yorker says check out the Brooklyn Museum's retrospective of Takashi Murakami, Japanese artist-entrepreneur. "Warhol as marketer, not as artist, is his lodestar." tjc

Discover how mixed martial arts is choking out boxing. jmj

An astute breakdown (with flashy graphics) of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, or simply Coachella, in Southern California. Interesting facts: tjc

1. Region most represented among concert-goers - Northeast (35%)
2. Three-quarters of the bands are from Indie labels, a quarter from Major labels
3. Nine percent of band names are dumb as hell.

Someone tell Thomas Paine, pamphlets and pamphleteers are making a comeback. tjc

Jon Stewart interviews Will Ferrell as President George W. Bush. Hilarious. jmj