The author … worked for the tobacco industry to mock studies of the risks of smoking statistics.
From Sr. Edith, OSB
Remember “How to Lie with Statistics” ?
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Season 1, Episode 1
…. of The Woodwright’s Shop. The introduction:
From Get Ready for Roy!
Tolkien note
….his name is best translated into modern English as ‘shadowy-hair’: ‘fax’ is an archaic English word for hair and has nothing to do with telephones, it appears in some British placenames e.g. Halifax
Not a beetle
More important, why this matters.
“Why does does pornography need copy editing?”
“Readers can’t find their particular fetishes if they’re spelled wrong.”
Monday Night Irish Class, April 16, 2012
Irish Class, April 16, 2012
Rang Gaeilge, 16ú lá mí Aibreáin 2012
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Labhairt an marfóir Plútóin ag Ollscoil Minnesota ar an Déardaoin. http://tinyurl.com/7xw4by3.
Bhí mé agus mo iníon altrama ansin. An-spéisiúil.
Debunking Hollywood History
Five Titanic myths spread by films, from
Skepchick
Contrary to the popular interpretation the White Star Line never made any substantive claims that the Titanic was unsinkable – and nobody really talked about the ship’s unsinkability until after the event….
Wood the Oppressor
“People in the 18th century were trying to find the beauty in wood. People in the 17th century were trying to hide it.” — Jennie Alexander, one of authors of Make a Joint Stool from a Tree (great book, BTW).
From Lost Art Press.
Pluto’s killer speaks
Thursday night carpe_noctum_93 and I went to a public lecture at the University of Minnesota. The speaker was Mike Brown, author of the excellent book How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming, and that was the topic of the lecture. He was informative, convincing, and very funny. Continue reading
Twin Cities Maker Minne-Faire
I went there this afternoon and saw lots of cool stuff. Some pictures behind the cut.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 