Setshot lurches back to life to point out the only Democratic primary coverage I need to read: a New York Times piece on Barack Obama’s love of pick-up basketball: From John F. Kennedy’s sailing to Bill Clinton’s golf mulligans to John Kerry’s windsurfing, sports has been used, correctly or incorrectly, as a personality decoder for… Continue reading The Crucial Lunchtime Hoops Demographic
Month: June 2007
Arbitrary Numerical Signifier
Five years ago today: It’s working out ok so far. I think we’ll stick with it a while longer.
Less Dorky Poll: Business Reading
As a sort of companion to the previous post: What’s the last book you read because it connected to your job in some way? I’m being a little more restrictive in the phrasing of this one, because I don’t want to get a whole bunch of journal articles and arxiv links in the comments, so… Continue reading Less Dorky Poll: Business Reading
Less Dorky Poll: Pleasure Reading
I’m kind of fried this morning– it’s been a long week full of after-work events associated with the end of the year– so I’m not up to doing weighty posts about physics, so here’s a lighter discussion topic: What’s the last non-Internet thing you read for fun? Blogging and work have cut into my pleasure… Continue reading Less Dorky Poll: Pleasure Reading