Archive for August, 2007

Information arbitrage

Thursday, August 30th, 2007

I’ve been planning on getting a new iPod when they came out, and as Rob reminds us, that will happen next week. I bought a new iPod nano last month as a bridge from my old brick to whatever new hot thing Steve Jobs has planned for us.
The question now is, should I put my [...]

Pitching wins championships

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Sick:
In his last three starts, Tim Wakefield is 3-0 with a streak of 22 scoreless innings. His 16 wins match Beckett for most in the majors. Since June 12, Wakefield has 11 wins, most in the majors, and has a decision in all 26 of his starts.
Sicker:
In his last nine appearances, Papelbon has pitched nine [...]

The insanity of baseball economics

Friday, August 24th, 2007

The Red Sox are in Chicago this weekend, and today someone asked me why the games are starting at the seemingly random time 8:11pm. Well, in the Central time zone those games are starting at 7:11, which might remind you of a certain convenience store chain. Yup, 7-11 paid the White Sox $500,000 to start [...]

Here’s how it’s going to go

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

I’ll probably regret this, but I’m feeling good tonight.
Since it’s still way to early, no one has put this out there yet, but the Red Sox’s magic number is now 32. For non-baseball fanatics, this means that the Sox need to win X games and the Yankees have to lose Y games, and if X [...]

The torch is passed

Friday, August 10th, 2007

It had a good run, but my second generation iPod finally bit the dust this week. It was sad, yes, but progress marches on and I bought a refurbed 2 gig nano for $100. Since most kids these days don’t remember what the old iPod looked like, here’s some pics:

In the third one you [...]

July Special Reserve

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

Look what my bees did!

Much to my surprise, I managed to take 31lbs of honey from the early summer nectar flow. That’s more than I got all last year, and we still have a month of honey making to go. Awesome.
(also, please note the ice cream book in the back that I had to buy [...]

War, what is good for?

Monday, August 6th, 2007

My internet friend Brian Hull emails to tell us to check out War Made Easy, one of those films that makes me sad. He and the RI Progressive Democrats are screening it at the Columbus next Monday night. If your outrage tank is running low, take a trip to Providence and check it out.
More info [...]