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Entertaining Uses of Completely Unbelievable Statistics
One thing that amuses me is seeing statistics being completely abused. For an entertaining read on the matter, I’d recommend this book.
So, one of the latest media and government frenzies seems to be about meth use. The federal government now has a website that links to this website from the Tennessee [...]
Britain’s 100 Most Double Entendre-Riddled Towns
Here’s the list.
Those Crazy Gun Nuts With Concealed Weapons
There they go again…saving an innocent woman’s life from an attacker. I’ll bet Joyce Cordova is one woman who’s happy that Albuquerque doesn’t have Chicago-like gun control laws.
You Can’t Stop It, You Can Only Hope To Contain It
Unsurprisingly, research finds that when legal action targets one P2P network, then file-sharers will just move to another one. There will always be another P2P program as soon as one is killed by legal actions and there’s really no way to outlaw the concept of P2P file-sharing since its concept is no different that [...]
Review: The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Compliments of some of our most awesome friends, Will and Valerie, we went to see The 40-Year-Old Virgin last weekend (Thanks!). You really have to do two separate reviews for this movie: one for those who don’t mind crude humor and another for those that do. And by crude, I mean this movie [...]
New Photo Albums
Just in case you missed the links in Leigh Ann’s post, we put up two new photo albums.
First, there is Valerie’s most excellent birthday. Surprisingly, no alcohol was involved in the making of these pictures.
Then, we have Joe “Boo Yow” Kwon’s fist of fury showcased in the Graduate InterVarsity Picnic album.
Go Easy on the Poking
With this LA Times article on the matter, it seems as good of a time as any to announce that we’re in The Facebook now (yea, I feel so undergrad right now).
Having given up on Orkut long ago (the performance is amazingly poor for a Google product), Facebook seems like it may fill the [...]
Political Leanings of Law Professors
A new study finds that professors at top law schools are overwhelmingly Democrat supporters. Three quick comments about such studies:
If you did a similar survey on the leadership in the US military, another large institution that trains young and “impressionable” people, it would probably show that they are almost as overwhelmingly Republican supporters.
I [...]
The Continuing Saga of Maurice Clarett
In the latest chapter, he has now been released by the Denver Broncos. It’s a shame to see so much physical talent being wasted by such a lack of emotional maturity.
On a positive note for Buckeye fans, CNNSI’s preseason bowl predictions have them playing Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl for the title. [...]
10 Things Leigh Ann Did This Week
( Our Life )
1) Attended 3 picnics.
2) Attended 1 birthday party.
3) Once again, brought my A game to Ultimate (Hey, I have to bring my A game every week since I play with 17 guys. Any girls out there like to play ultimate?)
4) Ordered new luggage.
5) Got Matt some new “back to school” shirts at Old Navy.
6) [...]
Taking a Bull for Your Buddy
Evidently, this dude got a bit confused…you’re supposed to take a bullet for a buddy, not a bull.
It Has Been Decreed
Alan Greenspan says that the end of the housing boom is inevitable. Which is obvious…you can’t sustain double-digit prices increases every year for real-estate in the long-term when wages grow around three percent. But, when Greenspan says it, well, that’s about as near as you can get to it being written in [...]
Microsoft: Fear Apple (Not Google)
Robert X. Cringely’s most recent article speculates that Google is finished with new innovations. No buying of Skype for them. Now, they’re just going to mature their existing products. In a time when a lot of people believe Google is going for Microsoft’s jugular by moving the operating system farther away [...]
Want to Start the Next Google?
In this article, eleven venture capitalists give an overview of a project that they’d like to fund with several million dollars. All you have to do is come up with a convincing business plan .
This Week’s Sign that a Planet of the Apes May Be Nearing
The London Zoo has started an exhibit featuring human beings. Charlton Heston is not amused.
However, there is cause for optimism. Perhaps cancer sticks will do the chimps in before they have a chance to take over the world.
Suprinsingly, Paul Krugman is Not Content With the Economy
Depending on your political viewpoint, you probably find Paul Krugman to be either the deus ex machina of the journalism world or the biggest waste of space there is in a major newspaper. My thoughts on his columns are that he generally fails to live up to his potential. If you look at [...]
Reading List Suggestions for President Bush
The Washington Examiner has a list of reading suggestions for President Bush from various political writers. To me, the most entertaining part of the list is that for some reason Raj from the Apprentice got to make a suggestion. Every time I saw Raj on the show:
I swore he looked exactly [...]
Friends’ Pics from Alaska
Several of the guys in our Ultimate frisbee group drove to Alaska and hiked at Denali a few weeks ago. Here are their pics if you’re interested. Not recommended for people who hate breathtaking landscapes and mountains .
Maybe Crappiness is More Damaging Than Piracy
( Business and Entertainment and Matt's Posts and Movies and Science and Technology )
The NY Times has an article that makes me optimistic that the movie industry is more willing to adapt to the digital age than the recording industry. Consumers are no longer biting for the inferior products:
“Part of this is the fact that the movies may not have lived up to the expectations of [...]
Voice Over IP as a Disruptive Technology
Here’s an article looking at the state of Voice over IP (VoIP) in light of Google’s entry into the area. It’s definitely a disruptive technology poised to unseat the powers that be. We’ve used pre-paid calling cards (which use VoIP) for long distance for years and have never had any problems.
Of [...]