Friday, November 30, 2007
The Necklace for Me - not that I would actually wear it, since (as per discussions) Men are not allowed to wear necklaces. [thx, gg]
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Dr. Drug Rep - a really interesting, reflective piece on the thorny ethics of hawking pharmaceuticals from a psychiatrist who stopped doing it.
If I gave talks to primary-care doctors about Effexor, I reasoned, I would be doing nothing unethical. It was a perfectly effective treatment option, with some data to suggest advantages over its competitors. […]
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Bourbon’s Shot at the Big Time - after talking up rye last year around this time, the Times is now tasting some bourbon. Some of my favorites are on here, and I’m happy to see that “Maker’s Mark did not come close” to making their list.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, Fun… Fibonacci Poetry!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
The Smokey Peaty One
Originally uploaded by bigphil.
This almost made me buy scotch. But not really.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Silhouettes of People at the American Museum of Natural History - great photographs from Joseph O. Holmes
Street photography is my passion — a wild mix of technical skill and social engineering, with every component changing and evolving second by second. The amnh series, shot over a period of six weeks in New York’s American Museum […]
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Umberto Eco Interview
I am wondering if you read Dan Brown’s “Da Vinci Code,” which some critics see as the pop version of your “Name of the Rose.”
I was obliged to read it because everybody was asking me about it. My answer is that Dan Brown is one of the characters in my novel, “Foucault’s Pendulum,” […]
Monday, November 19, 2007
Your Astrological Sign is Not What You Think - or, “everything you know is wrong”. Or, “Yay science!”
Monday, November 19, 2007
Talk to the Newsroom - Reader Questions and Answers - a NYT editor wrestles with grammar questions and accusations with style. I love just how crotchety so many of the questions sound.
Friday, November 16, 2007
American Gladiators Returns! - With Hulk Hogan as host! It’s my childhood, resurrected. [thx tim]
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Lap Dancing for Science - the paper: “Ovulatory cycle effects on tip earnings by lap dancers: economic evidence for human estrus?” The gist - lap dancers make significantly more money in tips during certain parts of their menstrual cycle; dancers on the pill don’t.
As I said to the friend (”they have really lovely p-values […]
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Rap Math and Charts - complete with links to the represented songs
Monday, November 12, 2007
The Nerd Handbook - This isn’t 100% me (reasonable minds may disagree), but it’s close on several points.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
The Last Starfighter - this is so geektastic. Some nerds wrote a working version of the game from The Last Starfighter, a game that never actually existed in real life. You can download and play it.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Jimmy Carter: He will slay your cat - “Lamentably, I killed your cat while trying just to sting it.”
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Fancy Man Enjoys Tea
Jason Baumer, a fancy little gent who is apparently too good to enjoy a regular cup of coffee, drank a cup of tea Sunday . . . . The 29-year-old web designer prepared and consumed his precious tea, which is imported from some la-di-da foreign country, at about 10:30 a.m with the […]