Archive for February, 2007
Oscar Night
“I didn’t know he died.”
“I didn’t know he died either.”
“I thought he was already dead.”
“No, not him!”
“I thought she died a long time ago!”
Technorati Tags: Ike Pigott, Occam’s RazR, Oscars, Academy Awards
The M in GMA
…does not stand for “mathematics.”
I was watching “Good Morning America” this morning, and heard two different math-related gaffes that made me scowl. Sadly, our habits as passive listeners mean that a great number of other mistakes might be sliding under our collective radar.
The first was a simple mis-reporting of a statistic. Chris Cuomo [...]Cabin Fever
Don’t worry — this won’t be a long post. In fact, I’m going to throw this out to the nearly dozen of you who read this to provide me your theory.
I had two flights today. The first leg was from Birmingham to Detroit, and the second from Detroit to DC. (Yes, I am aware of [...]Venn and the Art of Entrepreneurism
Inspiration (Dreamer)
Focus (Robot)
Risk (Fool)Inspiration + Focus = Racehorse
Inspiration + Risk = Maverick
Risk + Focus = Lumberjack
Inspiration + Risk + Focus = EntrepreneurTechnorati Tags: Ike Pigott, Occam’s RazR, Venn Diagrams, Set Theory, Business
Invenntiveness
My own little corner of the Intertubes is supposed to be about explaining things, so why not get right down to explaining how to explain things?
Before we go any further, though, we have to get down to definitions. And trying to define ‘define’ can send you thinking in circles if you aren’t careful:Reference.com: to [...]
