Thursday, October 23, 2008

100th post!

I'm going to use this opportunity to let all you googlers know that I have no idea if Zach Braff has a beard or not, but this picture seems to indicate he does.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

A glimpse into my wikibrain

The last seven wikipedia pages I have visited:
  1. Juan Soler
  2. Cataplexy
  3. Burma-Shave
  4. Frank Drake
  5. Savasana
  6. Abaya
  7. Benazir Bhutto
Why 7? Because it's the most illustratively biased sample!

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

blogging from my iPod

is less than ideal. Does anyone know how to copy/paste on the iPod touch or iPhone? Is it possible to save images off the web? At least I'm getting better at the keyboard.

Monday, October 06, 2008

Yes we can!

I love the song in this video, "Fake Empire" by The National, but the video's pretty sweet too.

Saturday, October 04, 2008

Wikipalin

This entry from Sarah Palin's Wikipedia talk page is just too funny not to share. Some dude watches a YouTube video where he decides Sarah Palin looks cross-eyed. He then creates an account on Wikipedia called "Esotropic Flautist" (she's playing the flute in the video) to discuss why her vision issues haven't been discussed in the mainstream media. The internet sure is changing the discourse...by making it stupid!

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Oh no they didn't!

Oh, yes they did. The New York Times has an article posted comparing the mechanics of the current financial crisis to those that caused the Great Depression.

Just in case this post doesn't clarify what I've been doing lately, I've been reading a lot of the New York Times in between studying and watching episodes of Scrubs. I'm studying econ for a midterm on Thursday. Drawing pictures of demand curves seems especially quaint in the midst of what apparently may be the dawn of the new depression, but I suppose an understanding of microecon will help me with my macroecon?

As a side note, when I was home this summer, my mom kept telling me that I was "really intense." I never quite figured out what that meant, but it had something to do with always discussing really serious topics. Today as I rambled on the phone about the likely voter models used in polling, I couldn't help but giggle at the fact that I'm also the person she comes to when she has a serious question.

This election has me on the edge of my seat. Watching what the polls do in the next week and a half...it really could go either way! (Although I think Obama will outperform the polls due to on the ground organizing. It's an official prediction!)