December 2010
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uhhh...
Me: Good thing we weren't here for very long. The grace period is 0-15 minutes.
Dad: What do you think would happen if you had a girl named Grace and she was on her period?
Me: ...
Dad: She'd probably be REALLY happy because it'd only last 15 minutes. Some girls would kill for that!
Chapel Hill Campus Takes On Grade Inflation -... →
It could be a Zen koan: if everybody in the class gets an A, what does an A mean?
The answer: Not what it should, says Andrew Perrin, a sociologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. “An A should mean outstanding work; it should not be the default grade,” Mr. Perrin said. “If everyone gets an A for adequate completion of tasks, it cripples our ability to recognize exemplary...
Newly sequenced chocolate genome reveals the... →
The chocolate tree genome has just been sequenced, revealing which genes are responsible for turning ordinary cacao crops into the finest chocolate. Now a little careful genetic tweaking could produce tastier, healthier, and more environmentally and economically beneficial chocolate.
Winner winner chicken dinner!
In case any nerds are interested, the Nature article is open access for a week.
Newly sequenced chocolate genome reveals the... →
The chocolate tree genome has just been sequenced, revealing which genes are responsible for turning ordinary cacao crops into the finest chocolate. Now a little careful genetic tweaking could produce tastier, healthier, and more environmentally and economically beneficial chocolate.
Winner winner chicken dinner!
In case any nerds are interested, the Nature article is open access for a week.
Seeking the Connectome, a Mental Map, Slice by... →
Dr. Lichtman and his team of researchers at Harvard have built some unusual contraptions that carve off slivers of mouse brains as part of a quest to understand how the mind works. Their goal is to run slice after minuscule slice under a powerful electron microscope, develop detailed pictures of the brain’s complex wiring and then stitch the images back together. In short, they want to build a...
Sam Sifton's Best Dishes of 2010 - Interactive... →
Three words: Wow. Yum. Nom. Too bad I won’t have enough moolah to live (and eat) in NYC.
But that’s a-okay! Because the Bay! Is where the partay! Is at. Damn right.
Sam Sifton's Best Dishes of 2010 - Interactive... →
Three words: Wow. Yum. Nom. Too bad I won’t have enough moolah to live (and eat) in NYC.
But that’s a-okay! Because the Bay! Is where the partay! Is at. Damn right.
Villager’s Suspicious Death Ignites Fury in China... →
I don’t care WHAT kind of government you run, but how is this ethical at all? And it’s not uncommon. Clean up your fucking act, China.
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Redeye flight from Lahaina, HI (83, partly cloudy) to Saratoga, CA (57, showers) got in to SFO at 5AM. Sigh. I guess it could be worse in Boston, MA (31, clear but totally shat on for the last week). Also, lunch at In’N’Out tomorrow = BONUS POINTS.
Yep, your jaw just dropped. 100x100 burger, dayummmmmmmmmmmm.
Anyway, pondering a big makeover in blog style and substance. After...
MAUI
As in, the fam is going there tomorrowwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
:D
Peace out Tumblr.
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Hehehe. Just so everyone knows that this exists.
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Law Lab - A radical new idea: what if we tested... →
If only there were a scientific way to determine the real impact of taxation on industriousness, labor supply, and innovation. According to some scholars, there is. Randomly assign a representative sample of the population — say, 10,000 taxpayers — a lower tax rate, and see what happens. Did these Americans, on average, behave any differently than their counterparts? Did they work longer hours...
Law Lab - A radical new idea: what if we tested... →
If only there were a scientific way to determine the real impact of taxation on industriousness, labor supply, and innovation. According to some scholars, there is. Randomly assign a representative sample of the population — say, 10,000 taxpayers — a lower tax rate, and see what happens. Did these Americans, on average, behave any differently than their counterparts? Did they work longer hours...
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so fat.
all-you-can-eat brazilian BBQ —> giving birth to food baby —> not studying for finals.
whoops.