June 2009
33 posts
Niall Ferguson VS Paul Krugman on Inflation →
Ferguson claims victory in this article… While I’ve been impressed with Krugman’s writing throughout the financial crisis, I’m more than happy with the notion that a thoroughbred historian can outclass a Nobel winning economist when it comes to understanding crisis economics.
May 2009
29 posts
“Why does hockey condone fighting and baseball still allows dugouts and bullpens...”
– Bill Simmons: Blowing the whistle on the NBA’s flaws - ESPN
“This game’s in the refrigerator: the door is closed, the lights are out, the...”
– Chick Hearn (via nbaplayoffs2009)
Can someone decipher ESPN's Chris Broussard?
$5 to whoever can translate the following graph:
“You can’t blame Nike for pushing the potential dream matchup, and the roommate concept was a nice touch. It was also right on the money. Figuratively speaking. LeBron and Kobe are indeed roommates, living under the same roof built by Michael Jordan. Let’s call it a mobile home — one that’s, of course, crazy mad plush...
Google Analytics User Defined Variable - Best Uses
I have a small obsession with tinkering with and figuring out the best use of Google Analytics User Defined Variable; good link from the always good kissmetrics:
kissmetrics:
Google Analytics User Defined Variables (__udv) Revisited http://klck.me/2e #ga #wa
I’ll post later about some things I’ve thought of or tried (registration dates, gender of user, etc.), but in the...
Los Angeles News - What's Smart About Smart... →
Iran Blocks Facebook Prior to Upcoming... →
“Conservative social critics have been blowing the apocalyptic bugle at every...”
– In Defense of Distraction
A truly enjoyable read - touches on science, psychology, culture, lifehacking, etc. The conclusion is less important than the thinking about our culture that it invites. Here’s another gem from the end: “I keep returning to the parable of Einstein and...
Deny This, Last.fm →
Great journalism by TC
“If I have two Tumblogs, and I reblog my content between the two of them like...”
– Michael Broukhim
“Malcolm Gladwell writes that basketball teams with inferior talent should run...”
– Richard’s Real Estate and Urban Economics Blog: Means, Variances, and Coaching.
More stuff I love.
(via adamkatz)
“Over his long and admirable career, the famous billionaire has been shockingly...”
– The Master of Money
“People seem to be looking for things to do, rather than things to buy.”
– Is the Recession Making You a Nicer Person? - The Atlantic Business Channel
WatchWhat Makes Us Happy? | Joshua Wolf Shenk | The Atlantic Online | June 2009
Is there a formula—some mix of love, work, and psychological adaptation—for a good life? For 72 years, researchers at Harvard have been examining this question, following 268 men who entered college in the late 1930s through war, career, marriage and divorce, parenthood and grandparenthood, and old age. Here, for the first...
Progress in Macroeconomics? →
Great overview of commentary on the state of micro-econ