February 2010
9 posts
I need a theme
I think part of the reason it is difficult to have a constant stream of feedback is that I don’t have a theme. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to try out a few themes and maybe use tags to categorize them?
January 2010
3 posts
The Two Gentlemen of Labowski by William... →
December 2009
6 posts
The Music Video For “Neighborhood” by Sugar & Gold... →
<3 SF
THAT'S AMAZING! →
It has begun!!! →
Actors Reprise Their Iconic Roles, Without... →
so much memory
google reader "send to" option
is pretty cool
October 2009
4 posts
September 2009
148 posts
Bad Economy better health
Getting money is good for your health, but working hard for your money, in the way people work harder in boom times, and spending it with gusto, in the way people spend more after payday, is bad for your health. Here is the evidence. First, higher income seems consistently correlated with better health. There have been arguments about the direction of causation, but this ‘05 paper suggests much...
If I were in SF....
How CupcakeCamp Works (this mainly applies to people bringing cupcakes, but please feel free to just show up and enjoy eating them too!) This is an event for cupcake lovers, so you can: - buy cupcakes to bring - bake cupcakes to bring - just eat cupcakes 1. No limit on how many cupcakes you can bring (the more you can bring, the better) – and mini cupcakes are encouraged! 2. You need to have your...
Super Awesome Choose your adventure video game!! →
The Logic of Voting
In an election, voting power—the probability that a single vote is decisive—is affected by the rule for aggregating votes into a single outcome. Voting power is important for studying political representation, fairness and strategy, and has been much discussed in political science. Although power indexes are often considered as mathematical definitions, they ultimately depend on statistical models...
“Q. My wife and I started dating when we were 18 and were still young when we...”
– http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/the-undercover-economist-answers-your-questions/
WatchYay I like running around the world and making new friends too!
Netflix Awards $1 Million Prize and Starts a New... →
triketora:
shaneguiter:
Netflix, the movie rental company, has decided its million-dollar-prize competition was such a good investment that it is planning another one.
The company’s challenge, begun in October 2006, was both geeky and formidable: come up with a recommendation software that could more accurately predict the movies customers would like than Netflix’s in-house software,...
