Daily Reading from May 22, 2008

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22 May 2008

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Zappos $1,000 Offer — Ever heard of a “Quit-Now” bonus for new employees? We’ve all heard of severance packages where long-standing employees are essentially paid a bonus to quit now. But a “Quit-Now” bonus for new employees to voluntarily leave after a week ...

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How not to apply for a job Applying for a job isn't that hard, but it does take some minimal effort and common sense.

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The best of 2006 I wrote a lot of drivel in 2006. Here's the things that are less crappy than the rest.

Rounded corners in CSS There lots of ways to create rounded corners with CSS, but they always require lots of complex HTML and CSS. This is simpler.

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