Statistical Equation of the next Pop Superstar

by | Jun 2, 2007 | Uncategorized

The Freakonomics Blog has an interesting entry describing a controversy in which one group of statisticians describe the road to becoming a pop culture star using one particular distribution, while another group describes why it does not work. Here is an excerpt:in...

Toe-Nail Necklace

by | Jun 1, 2007 | Uncategorized

So solving the Rubik’s Cube might be interesting, but making a toenail necklace might fit under the category of disgust (see Jon Haidt’s research on disgust).

Computing User Experience

by | Jun 1, 2007 | Uncategorized

Hubpages.com has an interesting comparison of an older computer compared to a newer computer in terms of the user experience. Overall, the newer computer has many new ‘features’ (i.e., multimedia editing, music, etc.) that were not available on older...