Saturday, March 29, 2014

Start of Baseball Season Weekend Reads

 Due to work on the planter this morning (before the snow started falling), I don't have much yet, but I'll add to it as I come across stuff.

Engineer's Eureka Moment With G.M. Flaw - New York Times

The Hidden Value of the NBA Steal - FiveThirtyEight

Let The Good Times Roll: The Incredible Bowling Bubble of the 1960s - The Atlantic 
"All of this ebullience was reflected in the stock prices of bowling companies such as Brunswick Corporation, which according to the Wall Street Journal (paywall) increased 1,590% between 1957 and its 1961 peak."  Holy shit.

U.S. swimming in oil - Futures  Enjoy it while it lasts.  It won't for long

Ideology & behavioral economics - Pieria

Renewables Aren't the Answer. Clean Coal is the Future - Wired   I'd say that like now, dirty coal is the future, and since I don't have kids, your grandkids are fucked.  Sorry, not much of an optimist.

Braving Stings and Insane Heights with the Honey Hunters of Nepal - Wired   Check this out, it IS insane.  The ironworkers of Nepal?

Researchers mixed on future of farming in High Plains - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Northwestern Football Players Win Union Ruling.....So What Now? - Pacific Standard





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