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Bruce Willis, philosopher
FROM the New York Times website: Correction: June 28, 2007 Because of a transmission error, a film review yesterday about “Live Free or Die Hard” misstated the critic’s description of the plot. It should have been described as “logic-defying,” not “logic-defined.” Bruce Willis, philosopher
Eating Strategies
Do you eat the best thing first or save the best for last? Most people fall into one of these two categories and according to Brian Wansink’s Mindless Eating there is a simple economic explanation. The people who eat the best thing first tend to have grown up as younger children from large families. The …
The most absurd sentence I read today
I am proposing that the Son and the Father Singularities guided the worlds of the multiverse to concentrate the energy of the particles constituting Jesus in our universe into the Jesus of our universe. That is from Frank Tipler’s The Physics of Christianity. But wait, there is competition for the honor: If Jesus indeed rose …
Vim Quick Reference
A quick reference guide to the essential commands for using vim, organized by what you want to accomplish. [link] Vim Quick Reference
Top Ten Books Scored at MoCCA!
#10: BEM This is from Iceland by Matti Hagelbergia. The cover delivers, the inside is just as wonky! I love the fact that foreign Indy publishers and comic dealers are setting up at MoCCA. I hope MoCCA encourages more of this, it’s so very kewl. (click for a closer look) #9: ALINE THE ALIEN T. …
Die Spinne #119
Die Spinne #119Die Spinne #119
Nelles Maps
Nelles Maps are the best foldable maps for travelers I’ve seen. I favor them for six reasons: 1) They come at a good practical scale for traveling, fine enough to show most small rural towns. 2) Each map displays shaded physical relief of mountains, highway numbers and even “places of interest” – which are often …
Online Package Tracking
Online Package Tracking
Advice for economics grad students
Because, for whatever reason, I’m nervous about entering a world that plays according to different rules than the corporate one I’m used to, I’ve taken to reading and bookmarking a lot of “how to succeed in academia” articles. So as I come across good advice (or at least good advice for me), I’ll post it …
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