Gordon's Notes

It's easy to make fun of Google's "Don't be evil" philosophy. Just like it was easy to make fun of Al Gore. Remember...

I had my time to wander, long ago. I used it well. I kept my Lonely Planet books at hand. I travel different roads these days, but I've ...

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Winston Churchill, 1942 ...

I made up the " Zani score " as "... a measure of how concerned one should be about nascent entities or organizations. It tri...

Shortly after writing my post on the Zani score , the NYT has published 3 OpEds over 3 days on the latest Zani-score bumps in American cultu...

At age 50, at a local theater, I attended a performance of The Diary of Ann Frank . I knew the story of course, but, until now I'd m...

The new bit is the Triassic transition, but an Economist article is a handy summary of current thoughts on the Permian and later extinctions...

You may have heard that the Senate passed a health care bill. It is likely that it will be further amended by the House, and of course there...

You would get a very slender string of significant length ... Welcome to Your Viral World | The Loom | Carl Zimmer for Discover Magazine ......

I'm waiting for week's end to write mine, but I'll be working from these early commentaries: Economist Brad DeLong: The Curious ...

I work in an IT shop. I can almost always find a home for my old gear. Tomorrow will be a real test though, I'm bringing in my Palm stuf...

This one is the converse of " No man is a prophet in his own country ". On average, their experts are a lot like your experts. No,...

I like this "top 50" list because I'd totally forgotten about #1. Our children would probably like it. Added to netflix queue ...

Things I suspect without much evidence ... ... That our quality problems with generic medications are much bigger than we imagine. Update 4/...

Burton Malkiel wrote “ A Random Walk down Wall Street ” in 1973. He believed the prices of publicly traded assets reflected all publicly av...