Grant Barrett searches for the origins of the term “w00t”:
As is the case for most words, the most popular question about woot is “Where did it come from?” Unfortunately, its origins are disputed and, also like most words, it’s impossible to say with any certainty what the true origins are. Trying to come close to [...]
Are trends based on a few Influentials pushing them to their “tipping point” or are they more random?
Watts set the test in motion by randomly picking one person as a trendsetter, then sat back to see if the trend would spread. He did so thousands of times in a row.
The results were deeply counterintuitive. The [...]
Some rules and quirks in baseball:
Take the stolen base. Did you know that it used to be possible to steal first from second? Why would you want to do that? Well, if there is a runner on third stealing first from second could distract the catcher and allow the runner from third to score. The [...]
Debra Jean Dean reads the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
VCU uses this clunky, not always working system called Banner to allow students to view their status, register for classes, get a copy of their transcripts, and all sorts of other things. They moved to this system a while back and keep adding features that don’t exactly work right. Now they’ve added a [...]
Canceled flight? Remember Rule 240:
Rule 240 mandated that an airline facing a delayed or canceled flight had to transfer you to another carrier if 1) the second carrier could get you to your destination more quickly than the original line and 2) it had available seats. In pre-deregulation days, all the big U.S. airlines adhered [...]
Yesterday was International Delete Your MySpace Account Day. Alas, maybe next year.
Peter Kafka notes that social networking sites are having a bit of trouble keeping folks around:
comScore has provided BusinessWeek’s Spencer Ante with user engagement numbers — time spent on each site, per month, per visitor — for a slew of social networks over the past year. The data looks particularly grim for News Corp.’s MySpace, [...]
What exactly is the purpose of this?
Here’s what our elected officials just approved on a party-line, 45-29 vote. Every private, corporate or public operating foundation in California with assets of more than $250 million (of which there are more than three dozen) would be required to gather information about the gender, race, ethnicity and sexual [...]
The US Census Bureau has released the first Census Atlas of the United States in nearly 80 years.
Sure, Ross and pals might say it’s coincidence, but I think RVABlogs takes a bit of editorial liberties with some of what it aggregates. Take my recent post on California for instance:
Yes, that’s right, every California foundation with ass. If baby don’t got back, baby don’t have to worry. Thanks, RVABlogs.
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