November 2008
43 posts
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Recently read: The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint, by Edward R. Tufte
Tufte’s short booklet makes a strong case that PowerPoint itself, and not just the people who use it, is to blame.
October 2008
26 posts
raylehmann: Now I’m getting a “34 And Still Single?” ad. I don’t get this enough from my mother? Bite me, facebook.
nick: Sports are a waste of resources spent on fulfilling a childish power-fantasy impulse, is what we agreed at Model UN.
hotdogsladies: For Twitter’s growing cohort of makebelieve lady sex addicts, the `update` button is the go-to erogenous zone.
I’m impressed with the Rays. After the last two games and especially after Pedroia hit a bomb in the first, I was sure they were done.
Ahh! Just saw Dick Vitale in the stands at the Tampa-Boston game. Was that really necessary, TBS?
Continuing with that counterfactual, I would now be very nervous indeed if I were a Tampa Bay fan.
If I were a Tampa Bay fan, this game would be driving me absolutely insane.
…and Jeff Kent strikes out with two on to end the 7th. *Now* I’m giving up on this game.
Crap, I was just about to give up on this game and go to bed, then Ramirez hit a home run. I guess I’m in for at least another half-inning.
No debate twittering for me tonight (obviously). Watching baseball and writing a research statement.
If you’re good at Twitter, you’re probably also good at writing abstracts. I, on the other hand, suck at both.
Buck Martinez: “Gross pales by comparison to Upton and Crawford.” Well yeah, he’s the white guy.
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Recently read: Boxiana, Vol. I, by Pierce Egan.
A contemporary history of 18th and early 19th century English boxing. Egan is a compelling writer who was deeply fascinated by both boxing and pugilists, but reading biographical sketches of boxers you’ve never heard of and round-by-round accounts of matches that nobody’s talked about for 150 years can get a little tiring. ...
Computer != Internet.
McCain: we should be tough on Iran, soft on Pakistan. Obama: we should be tough on Pakistan, soft on Iran. Hmm…
Both candidates: fully in favor of more foreign interventions.
Forgot one: they both would love to appoint Warren Buffett as Treasury Secretary (but somehow I don’t think he would take the job).
My take: both candidates are unconvincing on economic specifics and both have essentially the same foreign policy.
Both candidates: I want to work with our allies to impose tougher sanctions on Iran. So what’s the argument?
Christ, stop speechifying.
Fuck the $700 billion bailout; how much is buying up all these bad mortgages going to cost?
@cederber Not to say that McCain doesn’t suck on economics, but it’s not very convincing when a bunch of Democrats say they prefer Obama.