Online web spreadsheets – iRows Those of you that actually know me, know that I spend a good bit of time encouraging students to learn Excel. It’s a tool that is almost guaranteed to be on your computer whereever you...

Man Is Charged $4,300 for Four Burgers – Yahoo! News This story is interesting on many levels. Of course, there is the obvious “Boy meets King, King shafts Boy” angle to the story. Or perhaps “Fast Food forces Diet” as...

Americans at “tipping point” about energy-poll – Yahoo! News The phrase “tipping point” has been around for a while, but was certainly made more popular with the release of the book by the same name. I wonder if this author...

60GB iPod “at risk” — new video model coming? – Engadget For those that like rumors, and are tired of political rumors, here’s a good one. Anyone else think that the virtual scroll wheel is “cool?” Now, to just convince...

NASA – NASA’s FY 2007 Budget and Planning Documents (Cross posted from “the Lobby“) Okay, since we seem to have a strong interest in budgets, and federal tax dollars, I thought I would provide a link to the NASA Budget...

Flash » Epic 2015 Care to know what the future holds, for news agencies, google, Amazon, and Microsoft? This is an interesting look into the future of media convergence, done in documentary style. Of note is that it must have...

Language Log: Freedom of speech: more famous than Bart Simpson I believe I have mentioned here my affinity for stories about surveys, and how we report and interpret them. remember my blogging about the Lt Col who incorrectly talked about...