I’m starting to have serious doubts about Britain’s ability to construct home appliances. In the year and a half that I have been in Cambridge, I am on my fourth coffeemaker and second rice cooker. This is starting to get absurd.
Archive for May, 2006
UK Kitchen Applicances
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31 May 2006 |
8:51 |
Britain, General |
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Minsky Oddness
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19 May 2006 |
8:54 |
General, Research, Science and Math |
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It appears that Marvin Minsky has gone through and edited his own Wikipedia page. What’s odd is that rather than editing the page to make it more accurate, he added commentary about the statements, elaborating and correcting. Really interesting, to be sure, but a bit weird.
It appears that Marvin Minsky has gone through and edited his own Wikipedia page. What’s odd is that rather than editing the page to make it more accurate, he added commentary about the statements, elaborating and correcting. Really interesting, to be sure, but a bit weird.
Bush Leadership Style
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11 May 2006 |
9:06 |
Politics |
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There’s a great article at Slate on the realities of how Bush selects his appointees.
Bush’s stated management model—appointing good people, delegating authority to them, and holding them accountable for results—reflects some common-sense notions he picked up at Harvard Business School. His actual management practice, however, has not followed that model. In practice, Bush tends to [...]
There’s a great article at Slate on the realities of how Bush selects his appointees.
Bush’s stated management model—appointing good people, delegating authority to them, and holding them accountable for results—reflects some common-sense notions he picked up at Harvard Business School. His actual management practice, however, has not followed that model. In practice, Bush tends to [...]