October 19, 2009
Olmert visits University of Chicago, hostility ensues
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July 8, 2009
John Scalzi explains the creative life cycle of authors
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April 25, 2009

Saez wins Clark Medal

University of California-Berkeley economics professor Emmanuel Saez is the 2009 recipient of the John Bates Clark Medal.

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April 21, 2009
Eliot Weinstein shared as favorite In defence of economists
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December 29, 2008
Eliot Weinstein shared as favorite Samuel Huntington, R.I.P. (1927-2008)
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September 14, 2008
USC 35, OSU 3 ???

Maualuga’s “touchdown”…worst call in NCAA football I’ve ever seen.

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September 11, 2008
Eliot Weinstein shared as favorite What are our personal obligations toward the environment?
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August 30, 2008
Eliot Weinstein shared as favorite The experience trap
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August 29, 2008
“ …your new book… ‘All about the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can’t Save Black America’.
If hip-hop can’t save black America, can hip-hop sample something that can save black America?
Stephen Colbert, to author and academic John McWhorter •
August 26, 2008
“ …Hillary Clinton giving…what is no doubt the most watched and most recorded speech of her career.
Anderson Cooper, from the CNN Democratic National Convention broadcast •

Hillary-viewing music

I find it strangely appropriate to listen to Squirrel Nut Zippers (softly in the background) while watching Senator Hillary Clinton’s Democratic National Convention speech. Maybe it’s the retro-ness.

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“ ‘kludge’, noun. (pl. kludges)
1. (electronics engineering) an improvised device, usually crudely constructed.
2. (general) any construction or practice, typically inelegant, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.
3. (software) an amalgamated mass of totally unrelated parts forming a distressing whole
4. (productivity) the synchronization process between a Motorola RAZR phone and Google Calendar.
Me and Wiktionary •