March 2008
21 posts
WatchSomething I think we can all agree on: The next President needs a mustache.!
“I really think my days being a Titan is over with,” Jones said. “I...”
– Pacman says days as Titan over | The Tennessean
You know that old folk belief about a runner's...
Researchers in Germany, using advances in neuroscience, report in the current issue of the journal Cerebral Cortex that the folk belief is true: Running does elicit a flood of endorphins in the brain. The endorphins are associated with mood changes, and the more endorphins a runner’s body pumps out, the greater the effect.
How can a stock analyst miss something so obvious? →
In this Investor’s Business Daily piece about Intuit, the “troubled economy’s” impact on small business purchasers is cited as the reason Intuit sales may be soft. However, nowhere in the article does it mention that one of the key provisions of the recently enacted “stimulus” plan specifically targets small businesses with incentives to purchase the type of...
Man Years
I just got pitched by a company who used the following statistic, “We have 2700 man-years of experience in providing this service.” I knew what they meant, but In my head, all I could see was an image of them providing their tech-related service in 600 BC.
Why I'm liking RexHammock.com (or, more correctly,...
It reminds me of my first five years of blogging at rexblog.com when no one read it and I was completely random in what I posted about. I haven’t figured out how to add comments to it (please don’t tell me how) so there’s no pretense of community. (That sounded down-right unfriendly, I’m sure, but there are plenty of other places where I commune.) I’m still at that...
“U.S. historians estimate that in the first 10 months of 1930 some 744 U.S. banks...”
– Thinking the unthinkable: what if it’s not that bad? | Reuters
“(The iPhone has) turned me from a really annoying know-it-all into an incredibly...”
– The risk for iPhone users: They know too much - Los Angeles Times
My Governor has a bright idea for his fellow... →
I do not know Tennessee Goververnor Brededsen personally, but I’ve seen him many, many times at places like the magazine stand at Davis Kidd, standing in line at Starbucks or Fox’s Donut Den. He’s doesn’t come from the central-casting politician-looking actor school, but his self-made business success and brutal brilliance has endeared him to both Democrats and a...
“Mr. Clarke was well aware of the importance of his role as science spokesman to...”
– Arthur C. Clarke, Premier Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 90 - New York Times
“New polling now suggests that Clinton’s involvement in the Democratic nomination...”
– Bill’s image damaged by campaign role - David Paul Kuhn - Politico.com
LenDale White imitates Pacman →
Perhaps someone said he looked fat.
Why I am entertained by reporter math
According to Reuters, the devalued dollar means the U.S. no longer has the “world’s biggest” economy. Here’s how they com up with it: “Taking the gross domestic product of both economies in 2007, the combined GDP of the 15 countries which use the euro overtook that of the United States when the European currency surged to a record high of more than $1.56 per...
Why the Spitzer scandal has us so confused
Last year on my blog, I posted “the 9 steps of political scandals.” (I originally said, “10,” but I mis-counted.) I think the Spitzer scandal has been especially shocking to people because it skipped several steps — people didn’t have time to process it through the typical steps related to rumor and denial. Unfortunately, no matter how they roll out, scandals...
I agree with my friend Nick Bradbury. This is... →
“It’s part modern chamber music and part song cycle — an impressionistic...”
– NPR Music: Bluegrass Suite Packs a Progressive ‘Punch’