December 2009
87 posts
It’s amazing. When you go off the grid, more or less, for a while, both you and the internet manage to get by just fine.
Jackpot. Got the local Ky liquor store’s LAST bottle of Rip Van Winkle 12 yr bourbon. Happy days!
Plenty of Xmas cheer and family fun today & tonight. I’m lucky. I like my immediate and extended family. Best wishes to all tonight!
Made it to the Ville, all in one piece. The girls are having fun and Bailey’s glad to be free of the van.
Erie, PA. Not quite halfway to the Ville. But nice dog-friendly hotel (with free wifi).
Learn to program! - Statistical Modeling, Causal... →
Animal Collective’s Strawberry Jam is a slow burn. Sets the stage, with Person Pitch, for the brilliance that is Merriweather Post Pavilion.
Should be grading, but distracted by UK’s win #2000. Great to hear Mashburn call the game. #UK2K
Daft Punk is playing at my house. Actually, my office. And it’s LCD Soundsystem. But you get the point.
The XX is growing on me. Good grading music.
Final #1 done. Final #2 at 2.45. Then grading time. Yes, we have finals this late. No, I sadly have no control over the registrar.
Duke looks great vs. the Zags. MSG has been good to my teams this year.
If it wasn’t the costume that got me, it was Scarlett as villainess. The new Iron Man trailer: http://bit.ly/4qTd50.
Brilliance, thy name is Sufjan. Illinoise, to be specific.
If you haven’t spent much time w/ Fanfarlo, here’s a great chance, courtesy of @allsongs: http://bit.ly/4Fc7WR. Such good indie-folk music.
FYI: multiple free iPhone/iPod Touch games on appventcalendar.com today. @blacksmithgames is killing it this month.
Have I mentioned that Frightened Rabbit is fantastic? For some reason, they strike me as a cooler, indie-rock version of Counting Crows.
Happy story for the end of a big grading day. Wife comes home from neighborhood cookie swap with some delicious treats. The End.
I use Simplenote to inventory my bourbon collection. Now, when I go to KY, I’ll know which single batch I need to replenish. #WhySimplenote
Easterly explains why the chances of economic development advice working are so so small: http://bit.ly/7oiC2g.
I’m a sucker for Robin Hood stories/movies, so count me in for the Ridley Scott adaptation: http://bit.ly/5TLlpX
(Saving...) Rwanda Rising: A New Model of Economic... →
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Human Rights and (or?) Development
Fascinating set of issues considered by Ari, whether human rights and development are complements or substitutes in a post-genocide country. The implicit hypotheses in here warrant some empirical investigation.
kohenari:
I’m preparing to teach an upper-level undergraduate class on human rights and it occurs to me that I should have more to say about the chicken/egg problem of human rights and...
To parents of young kids: child-proof your blind cords. New recall and warnings via CNN. SCARY. http://bit.ly/859vcd
Need more coffee. Classes end, a wicked cold (no flu thank goodness) sets in. Coffee is my only hope.
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Yet another Seth, this time on UK: “Wall may hold the keys to Kentucky’s offense, but Patrick Patterson is the engine.”http://bit.ly/5ACd1s
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Home alone tonight with the 3 girls. Not only did they eat a great dinner but they even voluntarily cleaned up the playroom. A Xmas miracle!
Last day of classes!
How to Make a US County Thematic Map Using Free... →
Jimmy Fallon as Neil Young, singing the theme from Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Brilliant. http://bit.ly/5AIzjt (via the latke king @tofias)
UK’s Bledsoe is going off on the Hoosiers. And yet again, PPat is creeping up to his usual double-double.
Wall has had at least one OMG play every game so far. That steal and nasty dunk on IU counts. He is sick.
An hour until our place is invaded by political scientists (and families). We’re hosting the dept holiday party.
Orson Welles says he could have done better than Citizen Kane, if given the right contract & freedom: http://bit.ly/7vowN7 (via @kottke)
For the curious out there, somehow the Cuse, winner of all snowfall-type awards, is (basically) snow-free so far. No shoveling yet!
Bang Bang Diet - Steve Ward Diet, Bang Bang Servo... →
Quite impressed with Wolfram Alpha as a teaching resource (for lectures). Example: here is ethnicity data on S. Africa: http://bit.ly/7toipm
The other Seth is quite funny on Martha Stewart: RT @sethmeyers21 Highlights from my morning visit to Martha Stewart http://bit.ly/6wmYT2
The Wednesday Chef: Julia Moskin's Caramelized... →
Grading papers. So many papers.
RT @franfraschilla: UK’s offense still undisciplined. Cal is at his best in getting stars on board. Wall, Patterson all in, Bledsoe, Cou …
Terror Twilight gets better every time I hear it.
Green Lantern Wallpapers - a set on Flickr →
Clearly, were dealing with a young team here. Not a finished product, as UConn is exposing a bit.