Lynne Kiesling Yowza … we had massive thunderstorms here last night, with the tornado sirens going for the first time I’ve ever heard them in Chicago. We actually grabbed the cat and the laptops and the firebox with the valuables and headed for the basement, where we poured pitchers of water and waited. Thankfully it …
Michael Giberson Will Wilkinson points to a post by Joshua Knobe discussing a philosophy experiment conducted by U. of Arizona philosophers Chris Freiman and Shaun Nichols. Here is how Knobe describes the experiment: Subjects were randomly assigned either to receive [an] ‘abstract’ question or a ‘concrete.’ Subjects who had been assigned to receive an abstract …
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Michael Giberson You don’t want them picking up their ideas about oil on the streets: And the education must begin early, he told a luncheon crowd of industry professionals at OTC. “When we don’t inform our children about petroleum facts,” he said, “someone else is going to do the job for us.” “He” is Abe …
Michael Giberson Employment prospects must be looking up for economists with experience in electric power. Three times in the last week I have received unsolicited notices – first, from out West came an email hoping I could recommend someone with expertise in state utility policies; then a day later, from a friend and former manager, …
Lynne Kiesling As I have mentioned before, the KP Spouse and I have been renovating our house for the past 6.5 months (see, for example, this earlier post, and have been living in an apartment during the work. Today we move back in! I’m a little behind in my photographing, but here’s a snapshot of …
Lynne Kiesling It’s spring break, and I’m escaping the course prep and house renovation load chez KP for a concert at the Savannah Music Festival. Just got back from a run, and I’ve got to say, Savannah is picturesque! Just beautiful in that distinctively Southern way. The weather’s gorgeous too. Now I’m off to prowl …
Michael Giberson From Scientific American online, “What Can Virtual-World Economists Tell Us about Real-World Economies?“: Eyjólfur Guðmundsson is the only economist on Earth who spends his days studying the fluctuating cost of warp-disruption batteries and T2 light drones. That’s because he’s the world’s first virtual-world economist. This past August, Guðmundsson took up residence in EVE …
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Michael Giberson In its annual ranking of business schools, Business Week takes a look at a few programs that distinguish themselves by offering an industry focus. At Florida State University for example, graduates from the Professional Golf Management program are in high demand. In Texas, universities naturally feature the state’s energy industry, and Business Week …
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Lynne Kiesling And this time I mean it! Full Movable Type 4.1 upgrade, a wide range of social bookmarking options on the permalinks and archives of individual entries, a new look-and-feel, and hopefully the elimination of some wonky behaviors that the site had developed after five years of a half-assed recreational programmer (that would be …
Lynne Kiesling Still feeling quite under the weather … but what’s better for lifting a girl’s spirits than having her alma mater’s #1-ranked hockey team playing #2 Michigan, and having it televised tonight! Pizza and hockey on a cold Friday night, go Redskins (or Redhawks, whatever)!
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