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Category Archives: Current Events
A Few Thoughts to Add on Google Reader
I was a bit distraught to learn of Google’s planned sun-setting of Google Reader this July as part of their “spring cleaning”. It’s hard to describe the unique and important role it plays in a daily routine to someone who doesn’t use it, … Continue reading
Bucket of Sloths
Via Ezra Klein: BUCKET OF SLOTHS from Lucy Cooke on Vimeo.
Avan Jogia and Inigo Montoya
My site traffic has surged 500% over the past few days after 20-year old Canadian sensation Avan Jogia tweeted about my post on Mandy Patinkin, Inigo Montoya, and Saul Berenson: Admittedly, I’d never heard of Avan, but I appreciate the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, General Tagged Avan Jogia, Inigo Montoya, Mandy Patinkin, Saul Berenson, The Princess Bride Leave a comment
Shtetl-Optimized and Thoughts on Lincoln
I’ve been following the blog of Scott Aaronson, Shtetl-Optimized, for a while now — he’s a professor at MIT with research focusing on quantum computers and complexity theory. When he writes about his work, his descriptions are usually far too … Continue reading
The Much Feared (but less talked about) “Milk Cliff”
Via Ezra Klein, “If Congress fails to renew the farm bill by Jan. 1, the country’s farm policy will revert back to laws dating from 1949. Government price supports for milk would rise significantly — and the cost of milk could … Continue reading
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Fiscal Cliff Offers
Via Wongblog, this is the best description of the negotiations I’ve seen yet:
Where’s Foodies? On Fire, Apparently.
Or at least it was last Tuesday. As I previously mentioned in this post, I’ve been excited for Foodie’s to open a grocery store in Southie — around the corner from my apartment — for some time. As much as … Continue reading
Posted in Boston/Cambridge, Current Events 3 Comments
Nate Silver Goes Back to His Roots
After two days without an election related post, Nate posts this: The Statistical Case Against Cabrera for M.V.P. On Thursday, the American League will announce the recipient of its Most Valuable Player award. The winner is likely to be Miguel … Continue reading
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From Out of Nowhere
Via Barrons via The Big Picture, interesting trends in the computing space: I find it a little bit funny that the graphic says, “from out of nowhere, smartphones have passed global PC sales.” The slope of both smartphone graphs shifted … Continue reading
Posted in Charts & Data, Current Events, Technology 3 Comments
