Clyde Butcher is one of the best black and white landscape photographers I’ve found. Here are a few of my favorites from his portfolio:
Clyde Butcher Photography
Month: February 2011
James Kwak On Management Consulting
Being just over halfway through my first year at Sloan, it’s hard to avoid the fact that recruiting is weighing heavily on the minds of the majority of the people I interact with on a daily basis. I’ve personally never been too attracted to the idea of working in management consulting, but for those who are grappling with consulting decisions, I found James Kwak’s posts on the topic to be extremely insightful. I’d say they provide a fairly balanced and honest perspective from someone who’s worked at McKinsey, but remains critical and objective. For those who don’t know James Kwak, he’s a law student at Yale, and is an author, along with MIT Professor Simon Johnson, at The Baseline Scenario blog. I’ve
“What’s Going On In Egypt” at MIT
A not-so-geeky post from Shtetl-Optimized, a really geeky blog I follow on occasion: Last night, the MIT Egyptian Club hosted a “What’s Going On In Egypt?” event, which included a lecture, a Q&A session with Egyptian students, Egyptian music, and free falafel and baklava. I went, not least because of the falafel. The announcement that Mubarak was leaving came just a few hours before the event, which was planned as a somber discussion but hastily reconfigured as a celebration. As you’d imagine, the mood was ecstatic: some people came draped in Egyptian flags, and there was shouting, embracing, and even blowing of vuvuzelas. Building E51 wasn’t quite Tahrir Square, but it was as close as I was going to get.
Beer and Sex
I mentioned earlier that I think I need to write more about sex. And of course, whether or not it’s actually true, this blog is supposed to be loosely about beer. So this recent post from the OkCupid blog, whose writers have collected data from millions of people, seems to be particularly relevant. Don’t shoot the messenger: Among all our casual topics, whether someone likes the taste of beer is the single best predictor of if he or she has sex on the first date. No matter their gender or orientation, beer-lovers are 60% more likely to be okay with sleeping with someone they’ve just met. Sadly, this is the only question with a meaningful correlation for women. Interestingly, they also found
Virgin America
I’m in the San Francisco airport, about to board a flight home to Boston. A strange thing just happened. The captain spent half an hour walking around the gate, personally introducing himself to every passenger, asking if anyone has any questions, and assuring us that safety is his number one priority. This shouldn’t be strange, but it’s a first for me. Time go to fly with Lloyd.
Quite Possibly The Best Guide To Beer
Seriously. Make sure you zoom in. This is very well done:
Astronauts Could Ride Asteroids to Mars, Study Says
No, they really can’t. Or won’t. But what’s the difference? From National Geographic: Future astronauts could hitchhike their way to Mars—without the need for aVogon Constructor Fleet. According to a new paper, space explorers could reach the red planet by riding along inside asteroids. Landing a ship on a space rock would solve a key issue facing Mars travelers: how to shield astronauts from galactic cosmic rays, high-energy particles traveling at near light speed that come from outside the solar system. (Related:”Black Holes Belch Universe’s Most Energetic Particles.”) Cosmic rays can damage DNA, increasing the risks of cancer and cataracts for space travelers. Current research suggests that the amount of radiation that would bombard an astronaut during a thousand-day, round-trip Mars mission
Magic Hat and Vinyl
Well really just vinyl in spirit. Blog About Beer has a review of Magic Hat’s newest seasonal offering, the Vinyl Lager: Spring is just around the corner and a lot of spring seasonal beers are starting to come out. One of those is Vinyl Amber Lager from Magic Hat Brewing Company out of Vermont, and I was fortunate enough to have them mail me out a bottle to try. Probably one of my favorite things about Magic Hat is their marketing. I know it’s not the most important thing to beer, but I enjoy it a lot. I love going to a beer store and just checking out the label designs. Vinyl does have a pretty cool label that reminds me
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Couldn’t resist, via xkcd:
Far Side Karate!
I’ve always found this to be really funny: