by Joel Aufrecht 02:03 PM, 04 Feb 2010
If I ever have cause to order a hundred coffee mugs, say to stock up a new office or something, I'm getting a full periodic table set.

Update: And of course we could get a periodic table table for the conference room.

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by Joel Aufrecht 03:02 PM, 01 Feb 2010
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by Joel Aufrecht 02:24 PM, 01 Feb 2010

One of the basic concepts that I retained from grad school was Douglass North's framework for understanding societies, and in particular the notion of "limited access order". My preferred formulation of this idea is, "the rich and powerful use their wealth and power to maintain their wealth and power." History interpreted through this prism...
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by Joel Aufrecht 10:08 PM, 31 Jan 2010
There is a long and fascinating thread of research about the health benefits of dogs. It turns out that the dog is a kind of wonder drug, an all-around stress reducer. Pet owners recover at a substantially faster rate from heart problems than do non–dog owners. ...

... Researchers at Azabu University in Japan found last year that the dog’s gaze

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