The Lazy-L Link Post

I have no ambition this morning, so here’s what you get:

Remember that mp3 player I talked about a few posts ago? A much better version is on-sale at Woot.com today only for 32.99.

Via Mental Floss, it’s the 5 Times MC Hammer Changed History.

Beyonce’s little sister Solange covers the Dirty Projectors. Sounds weird when you [...]

Random Walks

  I first encountered the idea of the Random Walk in my law and economics class; specifically as that concept relates to stock prices. The thrust of the theory that stock prices proceed along a random path, and particular trends or outcomes cannot be identified or predicted based on past performance. However, the price distribution of [...]

iPod Partisanship

Early this week, a Philadelphia-area journalist Neil Santos wrote about his very close brush with President-elect Barack Obama in a gym:

My morning routine usually starts off the same way every day. Wake up, go to the gym, grab a coffee and go to work.

But when you get patted down by the Secret Service at [...]