Monthly Archives: March 2010

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Posted on March 30, 2010 by

Just happened to check blog stats at the perfect time:

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The Most Common Lie on Census

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

This certainly goes with my earlier post US Census 2010 Win. A friend of mine, NOT the same one who answered “HUMAN,” took a snapshot of an article by Robert Grove on the April 2010 edition of TIME magazine. I thought … Continue reading →

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Ifferisms

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

Quotation collector Dr. Mardy Grothe has compiled a book of aphorisms beginning with the word if. Combining the words if and aphorism, Grothe termed the word ifferism. It would be unfitting for me to write a standard review, so I’ll … Continue reading →

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Digg Stats: Hits vs. Page

Posted on March 27, 2010 by

Yesterday I wrote a post on The Impact of Digg, and Digg vs. StumbleUpon, which involved stats on site interaction rates. Today, I shall look at Digg only, and how the page number of the Digg website impacts the number … Continue reading →

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First Millennium Prize Declined

Posted on March 27, 2010 by

On March 18, 2010, the Clay Mathematics Institute announced the first Millennium Prize. This $1,000,000 award went to Russian mathematician Dr. Grigory Perelman for his solution to the Poincaré Conjecture, a century-old topology problem. Exactly two months ago, I wrote a … Continue reading →

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I Never Metaphor I Didn’t Like

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

I Never Metaphor I Didn’t Like is another intriguing quote collection by Dr. Mardy Grothe, this time focusing on analogies, metaphors, and similes. The title itself is an adaptation of the saying “I never met a man I didn’t like” by … Continue reading →

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The Impact of Digg, and Digg vs. StumbleUpon

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

Ever since posting US Census 2010 Win, I began to receive a large number of hits on this site. I was first hit by a giant wave (see my previous post The True Impact of StumbleUpon) from StumbleUpon, a site which I … Continue reading →

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