Marginal Revolution is easily my favorite blog. I’ve been a subscriber on Google Reader (by the way, use it, it rocks) for around 2-3 years and Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok (both professors of economics at GMU) have not let me down once. It is my first and last stop when I am looking for book ideas, … Continue reading Ben’s Favorite Blogs
While I’m not one to be an impulse buyer, today I let myself go during a trip to Bed Bath and Beyond and bought a Pasta Boat. It may seem silly, but I went to the store with the intent to buy a pot for pasta (which would have cost $20) and I substituted that … Continue reading Cooking Gadget: The Pasta Boat
Yesterday, Microsoft announced Surface, its entry into the tablet market. Technically described as both a tablet and a PC, Surface packs a keyboard/cover that may bring it more into ultrabook territory. Like Apple, and Google with its Nexus line of phones, Microsoft has slid into the hardware driver’s seat to ensure tighter integration between hardware … Continue reading Microsoft Reveals a Tablet: Cue the “Surface to Air” Comparisons
There’s been a great deal of talk about Greek debt lately, and I wanted to turn the spotlight on another Greek specialty: Yogurt. Greek yogurt is a thicker, creamier version of regular yogurt that’s become popular over the last few years, largely due to its health benefits and versatility. The yogurt is somewhat plain on … Continue reading It’s All Greek Yogurt to Me
Whether or not this reviewer bought all the bottles of coffee pictured above is neither here nor there. But what is both here and there is the following; In an entirely unscientific study at Leschenk headquarters, we’ve found that the number cups of coffee one drinks per day is directly proportional to the number of … Continue reading Interesting Relationship Between Coffee and Productivity
As we all may have heard, the New York Times published a survey, detailing Americans’ declining faith in the Supreme Court. The story was also picked up by the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, and a number of other papers. And yet, the Huffington Post, as is its nature, insists on publishing obscenely large pictures … Continue reading The Huffington Post Needs to Stop Featuring Sensationally Large Headlines
We’ve been thinking about this for a while, and we’ve come to entirely unique conclusion that Apple will release a TV sometime this year or next. We write this not because we’re the first to think of it, but because we want to be able to say “told you so” when it happens. We believe … Continue reading We Think Apple Will Release a TV Soon
The writers of this blog would like to make known their humble opinion that Mad Men is the greatest TV show of all time, and quite possibly, the greatest innovation since that whole internet thing. The writers would also like to mention that HBO’s The Pacific is excellent as well, and that they wish there were more … Continue reading Mad Men is the Single Greatest Show Ever
Google made their foray into the cloud with Drive. Of all the potential naming options – ‘box, cloud, disk, attic, drive – it’s interesting that Google chose the one that appears right before Dropbox, their competitor, in your smartphone menu. Just saying… Continue reading My Driving Conspiracy Theory
The recent war between Google and Apple over the place of maps in iOS underscores how firmly the tech world has come to favor smartphones as the ultimate convergence device. That Apple and Google are now locked in a struggle that formerly belonged to Navteq and Tom Tom cements the fact that, by my estimation, … Continue reading On Maps and Apps
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