Backstory: A friend asked me what privacy or security concerns are raised by services like Twitter. I got on a bit of a roll, so I decided to post it. To be clear, my main point here is that security on the web is really complicated, even for a service as “simple” as Twitter. These [...]
I love data visualization. I love baseball. Flip Flop Fly Ball is an amazing combination of the two. Inspired by what’s possible with Photoshop and baseball stats, I decided to see what I could do programmatically. My first results are below.
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Eric Holder should probably just shut up and go along with the president’s political agenda. You know, like Alberto Gonzales always did.
According to Baseball Prospectus, Jacoby Ellsbury is second in the majors in baserunning, with his speed accounting for 4.2 extra runs over the course of the season so far. That’s about three home runs’ worth of extra offense.
The best way to analyze Sarah Palin’s political career is as a series of picked fights. Josh Marshall touched on this aspect of her personality briefly in a post last night, but I think it deserves a more in-depth examination. Palin seems to be fueled by a desire to create enemies and maintain feuds with [...]
(Title via KagroX — he was en fuego over at his Twittermajigger today.)
What the hell just happened? Is this all an elaborate scheme to provide cover for Mark Sanford? From Palin’s speech:
A good point guard drives through a full court press, protecting the ball, keeping her eye on the basket… and she knows exactly when [...]
It doesn’t take long these days before a player having a career year starts hearing accusations of steroid usage. First of all, baseball is a game largely determined by luck. Second of all, unless your name is Madoff, any endeavor with small sample sizes will show some natural variance in your performance.
But we really need [...]