Searching for quite some time, and it turns out the Marginal Revolution folks (appearing as textbook authors) had what I needed. taxes-subsidies (The Invisible Hand Resource Bank) Just looking for the code to include numbers like intersection points, not the demonstration…
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Wimbledon for the Brits
Upon linking here, it appears to still have Andy Murray in the “hopeful” category with Tim Henman and Virginia Wade as the last Brit to win, in 1977 … Oh, I say! Brits win Wimbledon | OUPblog … but I’m…
Weeki Wachii Springs
“Just because we don’t live in a fantasy world doesn’t mean we don’t exist. There’s mermaids everywhere, you know.” The Last Mermaid Show (NYTimes) Two hours from Disney World
Sucks-rocks and code
From the good ol’ days of the interwebs. Does It suck? Some related software design tutorials. sucks-rocks (Git Hub) Going further on a tangent, an insightful metaphor for the stages of working on large coding project, big data notwithstanding. How…
Jobs and teens
Not earth-shattering advice, but food for thought and worth a link to the general series, too Jobstacles: For teens, soft skills are hard skills (Marketplace) Jobstacles – YouTube (Youth Radio) Other links to episodes on Marketplace Jobstacles: Is it possible to have…
Crossword genesis
Tantalizingly brief entry in Wikipedia Margaret Farrar, neé Petherbridge. Originally hired as a secretary “(people seemed to believe that female talent could be squandered in those days)” — short bio from (another interesting find) Exploring the Arts Foundation. Her legacy…
Counting particles versus observing chemistry
Pollution measurements in a school of public health Gizmo Uses Lung Cells To Sniff Out Health Hazards In Urban Air (NPR) The idea is that, “Instead of simply telling us what chemicals are in the air, they might tell us something…
Figures and tables in modern times
Back in long-ago days, it made sense to put figures last in paper drafts because it was so much work to fit them into the text. Nowadays, you’re just making it harder for me to referee (er, I mean read)…
99% perspiration
Calvin, Hobbes, and Watterson on inspiration. In response to Kierkegaard’s meditation on the relationship between creativity and anxiety (Explore / brainpicker)
Markets and apps
Social media and price controls: Phone app helps Venezuelans locate scarce food supplies and toilet paper (Guardian) but not on the iPhone.