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MST3K history as told by the participants
For those of a certain age and mindset, Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a cultural icon. Here is a great recap of its history from Wired Magazine.
Posted in Fun Science
Tagged Comedy Channel, MST3K, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Sci-Fi
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Pharma deal frenzy points to fundamental change in strategy
Pharmaceutical giants Novartis and GSK announced a large swap in business units on Tuesday, resulting in both companies becoming significantly more specialized — reversing their decades-long traditional strategies of greater diversification across product lines. The Wall Street Journal has more than … Continue reading
Posted in Pharmaceutical Industry
Tagged Consolidation, GSK, M&A, Novartis, Pharmaceutical industry, Specialization
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Elon Musk on the Future of Design
Virtual reality interactions with 3-D CAD models, followed by laser-based metal sintering 3-D printing. Really cool stuff. SpaceX is using these tools to build their next generation reusable launch system. Elon Musk is Tony Stark. Or is it the other … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Space & Astronomy
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Good day for SpaceX
Friday SpaceX had a successful launch of a Dragon cargo capsule, and what looks like promising results from a controlled splashdown test of booster landing capability. Check out this video of the most recent land-based testing of the Falcon 9R: Really … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Space & Astronomy
Tagged Dragon, Elon Musk, Falcon, reusable rockets, SpaceX
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Tom Sargent’s 12 lessons from economics
“Economics is organized common sense. Here is a short list of valuable lessons that our beautiful subject teaches.” 1. Many things that are desirable are not feasible. 2. Individuals and communities face trade-offs. 3. Other people have more information about … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged economics, principles of economics, rational expectations
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By 2017, over a million 3-D printers will be sold every year
3-D printers are expected to grow into a $5 billion market over the next few years. Annually, printer shipments are projected to increase by 95% annually through 2017, by which time over a million units will ship per year. More than two thirds of them will … Continue reading
Posted in 3-D Printing, Information Technology, Innovation
Tagged 3-D printing, Information Technology
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Infographic: Top 15 Large Pharma Companies by Market Cap
Interesting chart of the top 15 large pharma & biotech firms ranked by market capitalization. Note the resemblance to a power-law distribution (or exponential, really). If business outcomes are distributed like this, why would employee performance be normally distributed? Data from … Continue reading
Posted in Management
Tagged employee performance, market capitalization, Pharmaceutical industry
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Heartbleed is a big deal. Protect yourself.
Secure communications and reliable authentication are vital in a hyper-connected world. That’s why the Heartbleed security hole is a big deal. In case you haven’t heard about it, the short version of the story is that last week a security hole … Continue reading
Posted in Information Technology
Tagged Heartbleed, Information Technology, Security
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Blogging analytics for beginners
If you’re interested in analyzing your blog traffic, but don’t know how to get started, check out Mack Collier’s comprehensive post on beginner blog analytics.
Posted in Blogging
Tagged Analytics, blog traffic, blogging, Google Analytics, Mack Collier
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Housekeeping note
I’m in the process of migrating my old blog into this new location, and doing a little pruning at the same time. Stay tuned for updates…
Posted in Blogging
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