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i wish adtech would stop spamming me 2 days ago
Big data: Crunching the numbers | The Economist econ.st/IRVgqd 2 weeks ago
Mozilla's hypocrisy: It's OK for Apple to block Firefox, but wrong when Microsoft does it shar.es/2Evbk via @sharethis 2 weeks ago
@yongfook i might be interested in the rubyonrails one - assuming i can free up the time... 1 month ago
i'm looking for good website designs - all the lists i find on the web are portfolios/websites OF designers - what about REAL websites? 1 month ago

Best statistics question ever October 28, 2011
By way of Raymond Johnson, the best statistics multiple choice question ever written on a chalkboard. Try not to think too hard. [via]
Nathan Yau
Venn diagram: Platypus playing a keytar October 28, 2011
The word you're looking for is epic. From Tenso graphics, maker of amusing t-shirt sketches. [via]
Nathan Yau
How to Break Down a Door: An Illustrated Guide October 26, 2011
See Also: How to Break Down a Door Illustration by Ted Slampyak. Related posts:A Manly Handshake: An Illustrated Guide How To Break Down A Door The Art of Shining Shoes: An Illustrated Guide The Art of Manliness Mustache Style Guide
Brett & Kate McKay
Dennis Ritchie Day October 26, 2011
Sunday, October 16 was declared Steve Jobs Day by California's Governor Brown. I admire Brown for taking a step to recognize Jobs' extraordinary contributions, but I couldn't help be struck by Rob Pike's comments on the death of Dennis Ritchie a few weeks after Steve Jobs. Pike wrote: I was warmly surprised to see how many people responde […]
Tim O'Reilly
Statisticians don’t program? October 18, 2011
We're statisticians. We don't program. — Anonymous statistician I was talking to a small group of statisticians a few months ago, and someone said that to me when I told them how I go about mucking around with data. It still annoys me just thinking about it. It wasn't that he didn't know how to program — because that's perfectly unde […]
Nathan Yau