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Third Student Cultural Mixer
Note: the Fall event will be student and post doc only while the Spring event will be open to the whole department. This is to smooth the integration process for the new students.
Last updated on Mon, Jan 23, 2017 1 min read JHU Biostat, Fun
Epi vs Biostat Kickball match Spring 2013
This past Saturday the Epi and Biostat troops met for another fun kickball match. Obviously Biostat beat Epi, yup I know: again! This time the score was 15-8 (according to our bookkeeper and captain John) or 12-8 (according to some in Epi).
Last updated on Mon, Jan 23, 2017 2 min read JHU Biostat, Fun
"Do analytics really tell the whole story?"
“Do analytics really tell the whole story?" by Vic Ketchman explores how analytics is used nowadays in the NFL draft. The entry point is the "Moneyball" movie and Ketchman’s piece is mainly a digested interview to Tony Villiotti from draftmetrics.
Last updated on Mon, Jan 23, 2017 2 min read Fun
New Citi ThankYou ballon TV commercial looks like a ripoff of Hello Kitty in Space
I don’t know about you, but I think that this new “Citi ThankYou Cards” TV commercial is trying to ride the popularity train from the “HELLO KITTY IN SPACE” video.
Last updated on Sun, Jan 22, 2017 1 min read Fun
02/27/12 PHD comic: 'Inspired by true events'
02/27/12 PHD comic: ‘Inspired by true events’ Totally what happened to me on Monday night! (whenever I saved this post as a draft :P, but it’s happening again now)
Last updated on Sun, Jan 22, 2017 1 min read Fun
Homepage photos: which cheek you show says something?
John Bohannon wrote Scientists’ Photos Reveal Their Inner Mr. Spock which I found funny in a science-curious kind of way. I hadn’t thought about the message you could be sending depending on which cheek you show.
Last updated on Mon, Jan 23, 2017 1 min read Fun
05/9/12 PHD comic: 'Grad Stereogram'
05/9/12 PHD comic: ‘Grad Stereogram’Is there really something hidden in the pic? I couldn’t see it :P I guessed that there shouldn’t be anything from the text, but just in case I checked.
Last updated on Sun, Jan 22, 2017 1 min read Fun
Pi
More here. (Saw it from a fb friend).
Last updated on Mon, Jan 23, 2017 1 min read Fun
PhD Comics about beers!
I love the “I went to have a few beers with my friends”!
Last updated on Sun, Jan 22, 2017 1 min read Fun