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links for 2008-11-04

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Compact Calendar Creator Creates small, vertical calendars (tags: calendar planning) A conversation about The Onion – Charlie Rose The comments on this story just show how clueless many, many people are. (tags: satire video comedy TheOnion interview)

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A Song for Wednesday

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The Kinks – This Time Tomorrow This time tomorrow where will we beOn a spaceship somewhere sailing across an empty seaThis time tomorrow what will we knowWill we still be here watching an in-flight movie showI’ll leave the sun behind me and watch the clouds as they sadly pass me bySeven miles below me I […]

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links for 2008-10-28

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Game Theory — Open Yale Courses This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stability, commitment, credibility, asymmetric information, adverse selection, and signaling are discussed and applied to games played in class and to examples drawn from economics, politics, the movies, and elsewhere. […]

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Want A Laugh? The Ann Arbor News' Non-Endorsement

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I would to introduce you to one of my favorite Dutch phrases: plaatsvervangende schaamte. Here’s how to pronounce it (no, that’s not me). So, what does plaatsvervangende schaamte mean (if you haven’t clicked that link above)? It means “place exchanging shame”, or, the shame I feel because you aren’t ashamed of what you’re doing. You […]

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The McCain Campaign Enters the Self-Parody Stage

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You just can’t make this stuff up: Madam President, the amendment before the Senate is a very simple one. It restricts the use of campaign funds for inherently personal purposes. The amendment would restrict individuals from using campaign funds for such things as home mortgage payments, clothing purchases … and vacations or other trips that […]

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