Thursday, November 29, 2012

Preview: Baseball in July in Korea

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I am going to be in Seoul from 20-31 July 2013 for a big statistical physics conference . Besides doing some exploration, to which I am eag...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

RIP Marvin Miller (1917-2012)

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Marvin Miller has died . He was the first representative of the Major League Baseball Players Association, and he ought to be enshrined in ...
Saturday, November 24, 2012

The Humans Suspect Nothing

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This demotivational poster is wonderful. ( This one is also really amusing.)
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Journal of Complex Networks Now Accepting Submissions

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Oxford University Press's new journal, Journal of Complex Networks , is now accepting submissions! I am on the editorial board. :) So...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Oxford Workshop (July 2013) on Time-Dependent Networks

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On 8-9 July 2013, we're having a workshop on time-dependent and multiplex networks at University of Oxford. We're holding this in ...

Fluid Dynamics and Penguin Huddling

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Recently published in the journal PLoS One is a mathematical model for penguin huddling that takes some inspiration from fluid dynamics. ...

The Proverbial Thesis Committee

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I love this issue of PhD Comics showing a stereotypical PhD thesis committee. I'm not actually any one of these stereotypes, and I re...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

Absolutely Legendary

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I decided to check what Google Books felt are the most similar books to Legends of Caltech III: Techer in the Dark . Some of them make sen...

Irony: Part N

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I suppose I ought to appreciate the irony of several birds dive-bombing me while I am marking ballistics problems on my students' dynami...
Friday, November 16, 2012

'Heroes of Science' Action Figures

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Sadly, these 'Heroes of Science' action figures are not real. I also don't agree with some of the choices, but let's not q...

Giving the Finger in Binary

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This is how to use a binary representation to give people the finger .
Thursday, November 15, 2012

2012 Most Valuable Player Awards

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The 2012 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Awards have now been announced. Buster Posey won the National League MVP in a landsli...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

2012 Cy Young Awards

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The results of balloting for the 2012 Major League Baseball Cy Young awards have now been announced. David Price won the award in the Amer...

Alcohol Under the Microscope

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I mean that literally , by the way! The other side of the link has absolutely gorgeous pictures of various alcoholic drinks under a microsc...

Stop Saying That!

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ESPN's show "NFL Kickoff" decided to have a "Prince Bride"-themed episode . (Tip of the cap to David Blau.)
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Gutted Fish

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Yup, the Miami Marlins sure treat their fans well . In an unexpected Blockbuster --- did you see what I did there? --- the Miami Marlins ...

2012 Major League Baseball Managers of the Year

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Davey Johnson and Bob Melvin have been named the 2012 Managers of the Year in the National League and American League, respectively.

The 20 "Most Influential" Scientists

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Well, I'm not sure I actually agree with this list of the 20 most influential living scientists , but I will point out that 2 of them ar...
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Monday, November 12, 2012

2012 Baseball Rookies of the Year

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Well, here's a complete shock: Mike Trout was the unanimous selection for 2012 American League Rookie of the Year . He also deserves th...

The Neuroscience of Speed Dating

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Caltech researchers have used speed-dating experiments to identify which parts of the brain are involved in making snap judgements . This ...