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Economics 101: Consumer Price Index - Newsweek
sujal 11/24/2008

Newsweek’s Daniel Gross explains the Consumer Price Index (here’s the official BLS site) in a very simple video. I could do without the goofy sound effects, but it’s a good, 2 minute explanation of how the government tracks inflation.

Per David Simon’s Berkeley talk, though, the video doesn’t go into why this matters. Perhaps they’ll cover that in the next installment of the Economics 101 series.

(via @newsweek, Newsweek’s Twitter feed)

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Real Genius is just so damn good
sujal 07/08/2008

OK, contra my tweet, the movie can be distracting if you’re puzzling over a boring problem that you can’t figure out. So, I ended up googling one of the lines in the movie to see if there was any science behind the statement.

The line is: “It is possible to synthesize excited bromide in an argon matrix! Yes, it’s an excimer, frozen in its excited state”

And, shockingly, there’s some actual science there.

Such a good movie. If you haven’t seen it, go get it or rent it. It’s only $7.49 at Amazon right now (click the image below to get it).

OK, back to work with me.

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In the Neighborhood » Blog Archive » Bodies Revealed- Hartford’s Limited Engagement Science Exhibit
sujal 01/20/2008

Looks neat. Wonder if I’ll have time to make it before it leaves.

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O’Reilly Radar > Seven Dirty Words Redux
sujal 03/04/2007

Pretty funny and on the money there. I wonder if this is less about being shy about the word evolution than it is about the assumption by these scientists that the mechanism is a separate concern from the research. I’m talking out of my ass, because I haven’t read the papers in question, and it’s late, so maybe I should just be quiet…

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Pharyngula — Richard Cohen, advocate for ignorance
sujal 02/21/2006

Richard Cohen, columnist for the Washington Post, wrote a column that parroted the classic Barbie line, “Math is hard.” He then goes on to say that most people don’t need algebra. The nice folks at Pharyngula take some time to correct this silly column. Found via Atrios, who had some other thoughts.

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