Category Archives: Foxy Links

Beat them to it

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

I’m taking a rare break from my blogging hiatus to highlight this website, bostonmarathonconspiracy.com. It’s currently just a white page with some simple text, explaining that the domain was purchased just to keep conspiracy nuts from getting to it first. It’s an unfortunate … Continue reading →

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Double Dose of Overthinking Like a Fox

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

I’m back over at Overthinking It, this time in both podcast and blog form. First, I’m on the Podcast this week, talking about the Hobbit (which I haven’t seen) and Life of Pi (which I have). It’s the usual mix … Continue reading →

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Americans Doing Great Things

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

I’m not technically a Vet just yet as I’m still active duty, but it feels an awful lot like I am – my ship-driving and pirate-fighting days are over for the forseeable future, and I put on flip flops to … Continue reading →

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Pentagonese

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

I saw the Avengers this weekend (like everyone else in the world apparently), and I’ll say this – it’s really, really awesome when the Hulk starts smashing stuff. Other than that, I found this article about the Pentagon’s (lack of) … Continue reading →

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Memory

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Via Freakanomics, memory is shockingly easy to alter: New research finds that it’s alarmingly easy to create false memories for people, even when they know an event didn’t happen.  Psychologists Andrew Clark, Robert A. Nash, Gabrielle Fincham, and Giuliana Mazzoni conducted a three-stage experiment: In Session … Continue reading →

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Thinking Like a Fokkusu

Posted on April 26, 2012 by

Interesting article about how thinking in a foreign language can help eliminate various cognitive biases: A series of experiments on more than 300 people from the U.S. and Korea found that thinking in a second language reduced deep-seated, misleading biases … Continue reading →

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Prisoner’s Dilemma Solution

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

This video has been making the rounds, I first saw it on Bruce Schneier’s blog, and it’s an absolutely amazing (though non-repeatable) solution to the Prisoner’s Dilemma as presented on a British game show: The Original Game Setup That’s the … Continue reading →

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The DADAist Standardized Test

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

This comes via Big Think, and is apparently off of a standardized reading comprehension test for eighth grade students. I think it might be some sort of Dada-ist experimental performance art. Definitely worth a read: In the olden times, animals could … Continue reading →

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BBC’s Planet Earth Narrated by Children

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

In honor of Earth Day, a great idea well executed: Hat tip: The Atlantic

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Optimism in a Motorcycle Gang

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

Apparently the Outlaw Motorcycle Gang was looking around at patent trolls, the RIAA and MPAA and decided that it was about time they started using intellectual property law for evil too. So, it’s come to this: The Vagos Motocrycle Club, which … Continue reading →

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