Corn Cob Psychometrics
At dinner the other night, we were discussing the two different styles of eating corn on the cob. Some people go straight along the rows like an old typewriter, while other people go around...
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Stellar Reunion
I don’t think that I’ve ever gone to a High School or College reunion, but today there was a reunion that I wouldn’t have missed for anything. During the late 80’s, I was part...
Goo.gl .qr
Since I don’t use twitter, I’m not a big user of URL shorteners, but this new one from Google looks pretty good. My favorite feature is that if you tack .qr on the end...
The Rolling Stone Interview
The interview with Obama in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone is one of the best I’ve read in a while. They ask him tough questions, but give him plenty of room to speak...
Bedside Table II
OK, I got behind again, just like last time. Here’s a collection of short reviews of books I’ve been reading recently. I don’t have time to give any of them their due, but perhaps...
Mt. Washington Auto Road
When we went up the Cog Railway this summer, it took something like an hour to go up the 3 mile track. In this video, Travis Pastrana shows how to go up the 8...
The Unseen Sea
We really enjoyed this recent video by Simon Christen. The Unseen Sea from Simon Christen on Vimeo. It reminds us of our trip to San Francisco this summer. It may be cloudy a lot...
Promoting Statistical Literacy
I’ve said for a while that the single best thing you could do to improve our country is to teach everybody statistics. Here’s an interesting article by Cory Doctorow saying the same thing, but...
