Saturday, January 21, 2012

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Bayesians vs Frequentists: A Summary



I really enjoyed this talk by Sharon McGrayne. Besides learning a lot about the history of Bayesian statistics, I also learned a valuable lesson about the dress code at Google (but you have to watch this all the way to the Q&A, to see what it may be).

Friday, April 8, 2011

The "New" Origami

Robert Lang talks principles of Origami. The point that simple structure and a few governing laws give rise to basically endless complexity never seizes to amaze...

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Live Eagle Cam

Maybe a little late for this, but it's brilliant...


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http://blog.nwf.org/wildlifepromise/2011/04/eagle-cam-iowa-bald-eagle-eggs-hatching-live/

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Choice and 60 Anagram Puzzles

Sheena Lyengar delivers her research results wonderfully, as she takes a look at different cultural models of "choice" and how these different choice paradigms influence satisfaction.