Forbes Article on the impact of professors

Great Forbes article on the impact instructors have on their students. From the article:

"It turns out that exposure to economics makes a big difference in how students split the pie, in terms of both efficiency and outright selfishness. Students assigned to classes taught by economists were more likely to give a lot when it was cheap to do so. But they were also much more likely to take the whole pie for themselves."

Hat tip to Greg Mankiw.

A piece from the NYTimes for all my font fanatic friends

The NYTimes has a great piece about the fonts used on the McCain campaign . Worth a read.

$42,000 piano

This piano is amazing!

"Alarm clock. You can schedule particular songs to play automatically at up to 99 different times and dates." This is exciting!!

Ball machine for dog and child alike

This is hilarious.

T&A on NPR?

I laughed hilariously when I listened to NPR this weekend. They were covering a story about Maxim magazine making up reviews about music albums. The reporter indicated that this isn't that big of a deal among Maxim readers as they "probably turn to the magazine more for T&A than R&B." Hilarious! T&A can only stand for a few things, and I'm guessing that its not "Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy."

The Jaws of Hell

“They see the handwriting on the wall,” said Martin S. Fridson, a leading expert on junk bonds, said of buyout firms. “They’re staring into the jaws of hell.”

The jaws of hell? Really? For some reason, I'm hesitant to believe that...

Google Calendar Sync: Can I get my $25 back?

This is awesome. I actually paid someone $25 for this feature...and now its free. If you use Outlook, consider installing this application...