Friday, April 24, 2009

The Daily Dozen

  1. How to buy, set-up, and sleep in a hammock. I slept in one for a week in a riverboat going down the Amazon River in Brazil. I loved it! I brought it back with me, but unfortunately don't have a place to set it up right now.
  2. Why multitasking slows productivity -- and what to do about it.
  3. Ultrasound to go? With a new probe, smarth phones can be used to capture and send ultrasound images.
  4. Is the GOP becoming more libertarian?
  5. A simple online clock. (HT Cool Tools)
  6. If you think you're a good person, chances are you're not very altruistic.
  7. If you frowned a lot in photos when you were a kid or teenager, you're five times more likely to get a divorce later in life than those who smiled?
  8. Steve Levitt and John List teach experimentation to MBA students.
  9. More on the 2009 US News law-school ranking. See a list of the top 14 law schools from 1987 to 2009. (HT Paul Caron)
  10. Are you losing money with your Netflix subscription?
  11. 10 billionaire celebrities and 10 celebrities who are poorer than you.
  12. Quote of the Day: "Discretion is not the better part of biography." -- Lytton Strachey

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