Monthly Archives: April 2012

Blog: Rod Dreher: Marx at the Ballpark

Marx at the Ballpark Rod Dreher, Rod Dreher

Blog: I Love Charts: Cricket Fielding Positions via lovecraft This doesn’t help…

Cricket Fielding Positions via lovecraft This doesn’t help… joberholtzer, I Love Charts

Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies

Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies Way to link to logical fallacies

ScienceShot: Radiohead Was Right – ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Radiohead Was Right – ScienceNOW Stats behind Pay What You Want pricing.

Blog: Dilbert.com Blog: God’s Matchbox

God’s Matchbox (author unknown), Dilbert.com Blog

YouTube: 5 Historical Misconceptions Rundown

5 Historical Misconceptions Rundown CGPGrey

The most spectacular thing ever: Barry Zito’s 11-pitch at-bat « Bay City Ball – A Giants Blog

The most spectacular thing ever: Barry Zito’s 11-pitch at-bat « Bay City Ball – A Giants Blog

Futurity.org – Brain ‘cascade’ in third party punishment

Futurity.org – Brain ‘cascade’ in third party punishment

The Chocolate-and-Radish Experiment That Birthed the Modern Conception of Willpower – Hans Villarica – Health – The Atlantic

The Chocolate-and-Radish Experiment That Birthed the Modern Conception of Willpower – Hans Villarica – Health – The Atlantic

Twitter: @hotdogsladies

hotdogsladies A year ago today, I posted “Cranking.” http://t.co/vEQYXzqW It’s my favorite thing I’ve ever written.

The Top of My Todo List

The Top of My Todo List “I inverted the 5 regrets, yielding a list of 5 commands Don’t ignore your dreams; don’t work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy.”

The Foreign-Language Effect

The Foreign-Language Effect ” Whereas people were risk averse for gains and risk seeking for losses when choices were presented in their native tongue, they were not influenced by this framing manipulation in a foreign language.”

YouTube: Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine? TEDtalksDirector

Blog: Barking up the wrong tree: Does email turn you into an asshole?

Does email turn you into an asshole? (author unknown), Barking up the wrong tree

Blog: HardballTalk: Cole Hamels: not a fan of homegrown stars leaving via free agency

Cole Hamels: not a fan of homegrown stars leaving via free agency Craig Calcaterra, HardballTalk

Twitter: @ftrain

ftrain The commenters don’t read the article, the writers don’t read the comments, and no one clicks on the ads.

Into The Wild: Lost Conversations From Steve Jobs’ Best Years | Fast Company

Into The Wild: Lost Conversations From Steve Jobs’ Best Years | Fast Company “Open salaries was a dumb detail of the Open Corporation, but its core idea, of a workplace where every single person understands the company’s goals, is something that most organizations get wrong and that Apple has gotten so right for well over […]

How to be Awesome at Baseball. Part 1.

How to be Awesome at Baseball. Part 1.

On Dinosaur Time | Dinosaur Tracking | Smithsonian Magazine

On Dinosaur Time | Dinosaur Tracking | Smithsonian Magazine “The so-called Age of Mammals–which began when the non-avian dinosaurs were wiped out–has been going on for about 66 million years. Less time separates us from Tyrannosaurus rex than separated T. rex from Stegosaurus.”

Blog: The Body Odd: Why dudes go nuts while watching the big game

Why dudes go nuts while watching the big game (author unknown), The Body Odd