It’s true. Admitting someone has a good idea, a good correction to your comments, or is otherwise “right” is difficult to admit. But it feels good. And it’s empowering.
Random number generators and cable news commentators
May 27, 2011 by
The source of all those exit polls, hot air, statistics, and prognosticators fodder… xkcd: Sports. See also “Mark Twain.” (“There are lies, damn lies, and then there are statistics.”)
Speaking of legalese that no one reads…
May 11, 2011 by
Yesterday, I happened to read the legal disclaimers and warnings on the bottom of an email exchange. It was the first time I had actually looked at them, and I wondered “aloud” if anyone reads them. Nope, said an associate. We just put them in emails to cover us in case we screw up. XKCD […]
Why NASA didn’t serve theme based hors d’oerves at the press conference
December 3, 2010 by
Brought to you by the inestimable XKCD, have a laugh, on me:
Tis the season…for pumpkin carving.
October 11, 2010 by
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