Random Thoughts
- Our Progressively Regressive Tax System.
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It is accepted wisdom that an increasing marginal rate on income taxes serve to balance inequality in our society, while also funding the massive entitlement programs created at the federal and state levels. Indeed, the credo of so called progressives fo ...
Article - Ed Chen - Jan 13 2011 - 12:48pm
- Entropy and Artificial Life
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I used to work in chemical thermodynamics for quite a while. No doubt, I have heard of the informational entropy but I have always thought that it has nothing to do with the entropy in chemical thermodynamics. Recently I have started reading papers on arti ...
Blog Post - Evgenii Rudnyi - Jan 15 2011 - 10:52am
- Marriage Equality
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Why I believe in marriage equality or no marriage at all. ...
Article - Ed Chen - Jan 16 2011 - 9:14pm
- Flip Mental Switch And Find The Zone
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Do you live for moments where "you're so absorbed by the task at hand that you lose track of time and place"? Some call this 'the zone', psychologists call it Flow, and I'll pointlessly coin a acronym, 'SPS' (super ...
Article - Project Calliope - Jan 25 2011 - 12:33pm
- Science talks with beer
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You can read this story two different ways. Enjoy science and beer, the combination meant to be together. Or Unpaid scientists give lectures at pubs, and don't even get free beer. Science pubs?. Sign me up, for audience or speaker! Alex Tuesdays at Th ...
Blog Post - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Jan 28 2011 - 10:27pm
- The Stopwatch Test & Productivity
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How much actual on-task work do you do on a typically work day? The myth is everyone produces 8 hours of useful, targetted work in an 8.5 hour work day (with unpaid lunch). Staying in the office extra hours, likewise, produces more useful work. I suggest y ...
Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Feb 4 2011 - 10:07pm
- 45
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Today I turn 45 years of age. Overall, physically I do not feel much different from, say, 15 years ago. I consider myself lucky, since I am generally in good health. Never have I had to sleep in a hospital bed, not a single night. I will spare you a list o ...
Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Feb 5 2011 - 8:27am
- The Floating (Dolby) City
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If I could do Calliope as a full-tilt project, not just a hobby venture, I would make it involve transmedia and gaming. As life goes, I had neither opportunity nor talent to come up with, say, the 'Urgent' synth riff. However, an enterprising f ...
Blog Post - Project Calliope - Feb 8 2011 - 8:35pm
- Pain Laboratory
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Just that I was recovering from a tooth ache and being lectured upon dental anesthetics, that I came across an interesting experiment on understanding pain. I hope this can alleviate the pain levels you had been ignoring for some while. ...
Blog Post - Payal Joshi - Feb 10 2011 - 8:47am
- World Cup Cricket: An Indian Perspective and Strategy
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If I were to brag about the most exciting and defining moments of India's proud and enriching sporting past, like any other Indian, I too would choose from this willow game. May be I deserve to owe an apology to the magical Dhayanchand and Co, Sprint ...
Blog Post - Madhu Kodappully - Feb 14 2011 - 6:45pm
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