It’s been a busy week so far this week (which I expected), and it’s showing no sign of letting up. So far this week, I’ve been to three Saints games; had my ex-co-worker Mark in town looking for a place to live when he takes his new job here next month; had lunch with Karl; done a little programming; dealt with three different clients on work on new websites; and read a book.
It doesn’t get any slower over the upcoming weekend. There are more ballgames to attend, more work to be done, lunch with Mom, and I need to help Mark coordinate getting his truck into storage and himself to the airport.
I’m not complaining about being busy. Hell, it’s been a lot of fun so far this week, even if the Saints have lost two of three, and the weather wasn’t very cooperative earlier in the week. It’s been a good kind of busy. But I can feel myself running out of energy, and the time I would have normally spent yesterday afternoon digging up a few more links to fill things out today got spent in an involutary nap. I expect I’ll be similarly short on links over the next few days.
- So I was thinking the other day… A friend had complained about being above average in a way, and I thought that while there were people who were upset about being above-average, there were also those who didn’t like being below-average. Which led me to remember the quote (I have no idea of a first citation – if you do, send it in)
Half of all people have a below average understanding of statistics.
In the quest to track it down on google, I came across A 30% Chance That Statistics Never Lie, which sums things up rather nicely. - DropShop Midwest will let you Stop, Drop, Shop. That is, you can give them things you want sold on eBay, and they’ll do all the work and send you a check when the items are sold. They’re not the first such business, but they’re the first local one that’s getting much press. Then again, I can’t even find a website for them, so what the hell?!? [press-patch]
- In Instant Gratification, Mitch reviews online dating sites. I’ll poke around dating sites once in a while, but have never taken the plunge. Mitch’s review isn’t exactly encouraging me to jump in.
- Skot has a fine tale Down On The Corner that you should read. Don’t have a mouthful of liquid while you’re reading it though, since that could mean an extended session of cleaning the keyboard and monitor. Or maybe it’s just me that finds this sort of thing funny. [izzlepfaff!]