Craig D = Verbal SAT + Math SAT – SAT
Craig Damrauer is an artist who has renders abstract concepts in the orderly form of equations. I know — that doesn’t make much sense. So check out a few examples of his work below or at MoreNewMath.
Quote of the day: TGIF & RIP
“I have always subscribed to the expression: ‘Thank God it’s Friday’ because to me Friday means I can work for the next two days without interruptions.”— John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)
Rock out while you wonk out
On the drive to Bradley Barbers for a cheap haircut last night, I was listening to Marketplace, when host Kai Ryssdal played a catchy, newly-released pop song about . . . Paul Krugman.The song, written and sung by Jonathan Mann, laments that Krugman isn’t involved in helping the government fix the financial mess and that too much responsibility rests on
Are you ready for the 50-word challenge?
Daily Lit is one of my favorite sites. Sign up for a free subscription — and DL will send bite-sized installments of literature to your email, RSS, or mobile phone.But now the folks at Daily Lit have challenged their readers to also become writers by crafting “mini-sagas” — short stories that are exactly 50 words
Advice from the ultimate road warrior
Ten or fifteen years ago, if you walked into a typical hotel room catering to business travelers, you’d likely encounter a dodgy, uncomfortable chair behind what was nominally a work desk. If you visit a business-oriented hotel today — particularly chains like Hyatt and Marriott — you’ll likely be able to plop your behind into
I doodle, therefore I am
NPR has a terrific story — complete with this official Barack Obama scribble-pic — about why the human brain often prompts the human hand into doodling during boring meetings and phone calls.Turns out that this aimless artistry isn’t so aimless after all. It’s keeps us from doing a full Walter Mitty when we’re not sufficiently
Pink’s Travel Tip #7: Zip through security
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Factoid of the day: Does Madoff have an MBA?
“A study of cheating among graduate students, published in 2006 in the journal Academy of Management Learning & Education, found that 56 percent of all M.B.A. students cheated regularly— more than in any other discipline.”(Source: NY Times, 3/15/09)
This isn’t a game, people!
A good project manager is worth her weight in gold. But how can someone learn the sophisticated skills of planning, budgeting, executing, and keeping on deadline a complex project?The gurus at the Singapore-MIT Gambit Game Lab have an answer: a board game. They call it Tipping Point. And if you’ve got scissors and tape at the ready, you
The power of second place
Using the Great Johnny Bunko Challenge as his jumping off point, Jeremy Epstein has some interesting thoughts on “how to win by coming in 2d.”