March 2010
11 posts
Peeps vs Chick-fil-a cows: http://bit.ly/dp7fcF
Talk about buried lede. Story contains nugget that Yelp accused of offering to reorder reviews if restaurant buys ads: http://bit.ly/bnssKP
RT @SoonerSportscom: Sam Bradford’s workout leaves observers “speechless”: http://blogs.nfl.com/category/pro-days/
Acy technical ended up being huge, big difference being 3 or 5 down in those final seconds. What a season for Baylor, amazing job by Drew
Next years UK team will look nothing like this year, but I still prefer 1 & done to someone like Wall skipping college: http://bit.ly/cqbRce
Why I Tumbl?
I just finished migrating my Blogger blog over. I am excited, Tumblr should feel less onerous to update, I can do it from my phone, I can do it with a photo. I use Twitter and Facebook a lot, but both have their limitations when I want to persist something for future updates, so that’s the big reason I am Tumbling. In particular, I am excited about some of the innovation occurring in...
Birth of Manoj
[this post originally ran on December 24th, 2009]
On December 14th, 2009 we welcomed our son Manoj to the world. We’ve set up a Tumblr page for Manoj for those interested.
Political Infrastructure
[This post originally ran on December 24th 2009]
I’ve been meaning to write a post ever since the Virginia and NJ races concluded. As feared, momentum is potentially swinging to the opposition. I wrote an op-ed that published in the Post in July on the importance of infrastructure behind the scenes. I am still hoping to see more process stories on the investments the Republicans are...
My Camaro saga comes to an end
[This post originally ran on September 19th, 2009 on my previous blog]
As many of my friends know, I’ve had a big love for the new Camaro. Rumors that this was solely due to my love of Transformers were greatly exaggerated. If anything, the Michael Bay POS almost turned me off completely. However, I still liked the car, and Vibha and I had been talking about buying American next, so I...
Using Digit Distribution to Signal Fraud
[This post originally ran on June 20, 2009 on my previous blog]
Today’s Washington Post Op-Ed page has a great op-ed from two statisticians regarding the controversial Iran elections. Their analysis is similar to something the IRS uses to detect tax filing fraud called Benford’s Rule. In it they write the punchline:
The probability that a fair election would produce both too few...
RIP Wayman
[This post was originally posted on May 16, 2009 on my previous blog]
Every kid who becomes a sports fan has a first crush. An athlete that opens up the world of sports and competition in a way that seems like fantasy. For me, that athlete was Wayman Tisdale. A prodigious recruiting coup for Billy Tubbs, who arrived in Norman the same time my family moved there in 1982. In his first game, a...