For those of us who need ordinal measures in addition to the usual cardinal ones. Efficiently Computing Kendall’s Tau
Daylight saving time and Apple’s Calendar
It’s amazing. In a repeating event on my calendar, the time is 9am Eastern Time. I’ve set the calendar to display United Kingdom Time. Last week’s event is at 2pm, this week’s is at 1pm, and the following weeks are…
Theatre from the back row
National Theatre’s back row beats every other back row ever. Othello
Ideation
What I like about the final step is that it’s potentially never-ending. Malcolm Cowley on the Four Stages of Writing (Brain Pickings) “Revision, revision, revision” and revision, revision, … until you have it good enough. There is no perfect. It’s also illuminating to…
How many books in a Book?
George R. R. Martin has been a prolific writer, but—like many readers—I’ve only read his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series known more popularly by the first book’s title “A Game of Thrones” and I’m only a little ways…
Goat words
This week’s A.W.A.D. entries promise to be entertaining. A.Word.A.Day –tragus The picture (okay, with the caption) says it all.