Friday, July 5, 2013
1. Dilbert does Krugman. Ouch!
2. How can police in a college town not be able to distinguish sparkling water from beer?
3. No heroes please. One could frame this as a Canada / US thing but I think it is really of a piece with the general zero tolerance / lawsuit avoidance bureaucratic paranoia and butt-covering that is common to schools in both countries.
4. Rest area photography from Atlantic Cities.
5. The Economist on the prostitution market in the UK (where it is mostly legal): demand is down (due to the recession) and supply is up (due to the recession). What happens to prices is left as an exercise for the reader.
Hat tip on #2 to Charlie Brown and on #3 to Scott Wood.
2. How can police in a college town not be able to distinguish sparkling water from beer?
3. No heroes please. One could frame this as a Canada / US thing but I think it is really of a piece with the general zero tolerance / lawsuit avoidance bureaucratic paranoia and butt-covering that is common to schools in both countries.
4. Rest area photography from Atlantic Cities.
5. The Economist on the prostitution market in the UK (where it is mostly legal): demand is down (due to the recession) and supply is up (due to the recession). What happens to prices is left as an exercise for the reader.
Hat tip on #2 to Charlie Brown and on #3 to Scott Wood.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
There is substance to the criticisms that A.O. Scott up offers in the NYT. It would indeed be enjoyable to see a movie Star Trek that was like the more thoughtful episodes of the original or second television series. Still, this movie, which no one would call particularly thoughtful, is a lot of fun, and surely ranks above the median among Star Trek movies.
More prosaically, my dad the engineer would be pleased that the Enterprise actually has seat belts in this particular universe. He used to complain every time the Enterprise would get hit by something and all the characters would fly around the bridge on the original series, all because they had no technology for strapping themselves in. And I really liked the line "We're vulcan, we embrace technicality." I have some friends like that.
Elizabeth's review: "That was intense".
Recommended
More prosaically, my dad the engineer would be pleased that the Enterprise actually has seat belts in this particular universe. He used to complain every time the Enterprise would get hit by something and all the characters would fly around the bridge on the original series, all because they had no technology for strapping themselves in. And I really liked the line "We're vulcan, we embrace technicality." I have some friends like that.
Elizabeth's review: "That was intense".
Recommended
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
1. Advances in civil liberties in Cleveland.
2. Coney Island update. When I was there in the late 1980s, it was notable mainly as an urban ruin. Glad to see that things are looking up.
3. One more reason not to look at p*orn at work.
4. Benny Hill, Ernie, and the fastest milk cart in the west.
5. Slate on what place names mean.
Hat tip on #1 to Charlie Brown and on #4 to Peter Dolton.
2. Coney Island update. When I was there in the late 1980s, it was notable mainly as an urban ruin. Glad to see that things are looking up.
3. One more reason not to look at p*orn at work.
4. Benny Hill, Ernie, and the fastest milk cart in the west.
5. Slate on what place names mean.
Hat tip on #1 to Charlie Brown and on #4 to Peter Dolton.
Cengage has gone bankrupt, and owes Greg $1.6 million.
Thought question: what does the negative income shock do to his labor supply?
This is likely bad news for Jeff Wooldridge too. His excellent undergraduate text, which I use in my ECON 406 class every fall, is also published by Cengage.
Addendum: apparently the bankruptcy is not a problem for Greg.
Hat tip: Ken Troske and others
Thought question: what does the negative income shock do to his labor supply?
This is likely bad news for Jeff Wooldridge too. His excellent undergraduate text, which I use in my ECON 406 class every fall, is also published by Cengage.
Addendum: apparently the bankruptcy is not a problem for Greg.
Hat tip: Ken Troske and others
Here is what he has to say.
It will be interesting to see where he ends up. I hope it is not in a US prison.
It will be interesting to see where he ends up. I hope it is not in a US prison.
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