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Data Visualization
This is brilliant. Broken record-ish of me I know, but at 12 minutes he illustrates (literally) the importance of context in measurement and stay til the end for cool volcano trivia!
National Poetry Slam
I would be remiss if I didn’t talk a little bit about Poetry Slams here on the Metrics Geek. For several years, in addition to my efforts as a Corporate Drone, I’ve also been a writer and performer of poetry, including Poetry Slams. For the uninitiated, here’s what a Poetry Slam is: A Poetry Slam [...]
Ninja Turtles
The Geek loves xkcd.com. This one is among many that are brilliant. Consume it. ~Geek~
Variability Happens
While not nearly as catchy or bumper-sticker-worthy as “shit happens”, I’m reminded of the fact that “variability happens” pretty consistently. That’s the intro to why you HAVE to watch this video of Malcolm Gladwell. The Geek loves him some Gladwell, it must be said. But in addition to just getting to watch his gravity defying [...]
iTunes Conspiracy
OK, maybe I titled this a little dramatically, but it will be fun to see who finds this post in their rant-research! I work from my home office and listen to my iPod all day…it sort of blends into the background noice. Heck, even when I DO go to the office, I play my iPod [...]
Microwave magic
I remember, as some of you also probably do, when microwave ovens arrived on the scene. Magically cooking things without heat, they were all the rage among the early-adopters, but they freaked me out. I looked into the glass, through the protective screen to try to catch a glimpse of the microwaves being released from [...]
It’s all Relative
Handily posted on the back of my M&M’s package, in lovely I’m-a-friend-of-the-earth-green, are the nutrition details for this little bag of magic. Only 240 calories! 12g of fat! Dude, this is HEALTH FOOD! Must be the peanut. Makes it sort of like a vegetable, sort of like having a bag of green beans. Wait. 240 [...]
BP by the Numbers
Although reports differ, one estimate I read today said that 181 litres of oil had spilled since the BP spill (gush?) happened on April 20. Litre-to-gallon conversion is 0.264172051:1 About 40% of crude oil is converted to gasoline So we’ve wasted about 19,126,056 gallons of gasoline* It’s 5000 miles from Fairbanks, AK to Miami, FL [...]
Reasons to be forgetful
The graphic description of why I mixed up the name of my friend Judy’s husband with my friend Cheri’s husband. Until this particular error I didn’t even realize that they were filed in the same category.
National Metric Day (What?!)
National Metric Week is the week including October 10th, which is (obviously) National Metric Day! (10/10/10) What?! How have I missed this so long? How shall we celebrate?! I have only a few months to plan… ~Geek~