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Recently, I’ve noticed a trend with movie titles: non-sensical, yet oddly descriptive titles. I’m ambivalent about the trend: yes, the titles seem idiotic, but they do have an appealingly absurd quality. My theory is that these titles stems from a … Continue reading →

Muddling oranges and cherries and adding sprite are common travesties that force me to avoid the Old Fashioned at bars. A stirred Manhattan on the rocks is a decent substitute. My Old Fashioned is a slight variation on this excellent … Continue reading →

This is a follow up to my previous post I received another suspicious text message about Ask Mozoot the other night. The next morning, I checked my AT&T account and there was another $9.99 charge for Ask Mozoot. I called AT&T … Continue reading →

Examining my mobile phone bill today, I saw a suspicious charge called “Ask Mozoot Alerts” under the Mobile Purchases & Downloads: Communication Charges section. Somehow I was signed up for (I use passive voice because I do not recall or know … Continue reading →

I figured what was going on with the inaccurate scatter plot from the Chart Builder. For some reason, the variables were being treated as Nominal, despite the variable view showing them as Scale! This may be an artifact of an … Continue reading →

Malcolm Gladwell’s new book Outliers makes the audacious claim that 10,000 hours of practice is the magic number for obtaining expertise (from Daring Fireball) Having done a fair amount of reading on expertise (though it is not my research area), … Continue reading →