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shortformblog: motherjones: foulmouthedliberty: poptech: And...

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:09:04 -0400

motherjones:

foulmouthedliberty:

poptech:

And the highest paid public employee in your state is…

Just be you, Vermont.

We’re guessing that this map, when viewed by anyone with a negative, apathetic, or in-perspective attitude towards sports, is probably a good way to spike your blood pressure. Still, nice to see that as in so many ways, New Hampshire is an island unto itself. (Update: Originally referred to “Vermont” instead of “New Hampshire.” That’s what we get for not checking our map!)

thebluthcompany: New York, I love you, but you’re bringing me...

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:09:27 -0400

thebluthcompany:

New York, I love you, but you’re bringing me down.

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Tue, 14 May 2013 22:49:47 -0400

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Fri, 10 May 2013 13:09:59 -0400

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Thu, 02 May 2013 15:11:01 -0400

How lawyers are mining the information mother lode for pricing, practice tips and predictions - ABA Journal

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:16:43 -0400

How lawyers are mining the information mother lode for pricing, practice tips and predictions - ABA Journal:

xseedcapital:

“Analytics is the wave of the future” - How lawyers are leveraging big data from companies like Lex Machina for pricing, practice tips and predictions

official-nhl: Redden ties the game up in Boston 1-1!

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:14:06 -0400

official-nhl:

Redden ties the game up in Boston 1-1!

"As recently as the year 2000, only one-quarter of all the world’s stored information was digital...."

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:39:00 -0400

“As recently as the year 2000, only one-quarter of all the world’s stored information was digital. The rest was preserved on paper, film, and other analog media. But because the amount of digital data expands so quickly — doubling around every three years — that situation was swiftly inverted. Today, less than two percent of all stored information is nondigital.”

- The Rise of Big Data | Foreign Affairs (via thisistheverge)

roadjerseys: well this is goddamn hilarious. LOOK AT HIS FLOW!

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:35:09 -0400

roadjerseys:

well this is goddamn hilarious. LOOK AT HIS FLOW!

Big Papi is the man

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:10:18 -0400

Big Papi is the man

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Sun, 21 Apr 2013 09:09:29 -0400

shortformblog: perzadook: Martin Richard, 8, Dorchester,...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 09:41:32 -0400

shortformblog:

perzadook:

Martin Richard, 8, Dorchester, Massachusetts

Lu Lingzi, 23, Shenyang, China

Krystle Campbell, 29, Arlington, Massachusetts

Sean Collier, 26, Somerville, Massachusetts

Let’s not forget the victims here.

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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:01:47 -0400

nhlbruins: Carl Söderberg will don the spoked-B for the first...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:00:52 -0400

nhlbruins:

Carl Söderberg will don the spoked-B for the first time this morning at pregame skate #nhlbruins

Updated information on the situation in Boston

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:37:06 -0400

shortformblog:

2+ people were killed by the twin explosions which erupted at/near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon.

28+ people injured by the explosions, and a number of alternate locations have now been closed off and/or evacuated as well. A controlled detonation was also used to dispose of a potential explosive outside of the Boston Public Library, and the AP reports up to two more devices are currently being dismantled. source

Praying for Boston

thebruinsrealm: tuukka-tantrum: History Will Be Made I WANT...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:52:15 -0400

thebruinsrealm:

tuukka-tantrum:

History Will Be Made

I WANT THIS BACK SO BADLY!!!!!!!

cozydark: Adrift in Orion’s stellar nursery and still in its...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:40:32 -0400

cozydark:

Adrift in Orion’s stellar nursery and still in its formative years, variable star LL Orionis produces a wind more energetic than the wind from our own middle-aged Sun. As the fast stellar wind runs into slow moving gas a shock front is formed, analogous to the bow wave of a boat moving through water or a plane traveling at supersonic speed.

The Impending Rise Of Solar Power

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:15:26 -0400

The Impending Rise Of Solar Power:

parislemon:

Christopher Mims for Quartz:

All this will encourage yet more homeowners, businesses and communities to buy solar panels as power from the grid gets more expensive. You can see where this is going: The EEI says it could become a feedback loop that eventually wrecks the whole US utility industry, or at least greatly diminishes it.

Eventually, people will only be using the grid as a backup, combining ever-cheaper solar panels with ever more affordable batteries to store the power for when the sun isn’t shining. That’s called an energy transition.

The gist is that as solar panels continue to get cheaper, more people will install and use them. This, in turn, will cause the traditional electric companies to jack up rates to offset the decreased usage (they have pay off long-term plant investments). And that, in turn, will cause more people to buy solar panels.

"‘This is a generation of kids that grew up with data science around them — Netflix telling them what..."

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:53:28 -0400

“‘This is a generation of kids that grew up with data science around them — Netflix telling them what movies they should watch, Amazon telling them what books they should read — so this is an academic interest with real-world applications,’ said Chris Wiggins, a professor of applied mathematics at Columbia who is involved in its new Institute for Data Sciences and Engineering. ‘And,’ he added, ‘they know it will make them employable.’”

- Universities Offer Courses in a Hot New Field - Data Science - NYTimes.com (via infoneer-pulse)
Glad I was an information science major :)

The IRS claims it can read your e-mail without a warrant

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:30:58 -0400

The IRS claims it can read your e-mail without a warrant:

cnet:

The ACLU has obtained internal IRS documents that say Americans enjoy “generally no privacy” in their e-mail messages, Facebook chats, and other electronic communications.

So much for the Fourth Ammendment rights…