Archive for January, 2008
A Physical Language
January 25th, 2008A few weeks ago I wrote about how to read faces, as well as people’s underlying emotions. In a related vein, this week I’d like to talk about body language. Not so much a quantitative data-related topic this week but I think it’ll be a good follow-up to those posts. (There’s plenty of qualitative research backing up these findings, in any event.) To help in this endeavor, I’ll be referring liberally to a much-acclaimed book called “The Definitive Book of Body Language” by Barbara and Allan Pease.
At first it would seem like body language is not …
Fortune Favors the Prepared, Part Two
January 18th, 2008(Last week I wrote about general trends in fortune cookies, and the fortunes they contained. You don’t necessarily need to have read that post to understand this one, but I’m sure you’ll appreciate the content more if you have.)
This week’s post is the second part in a two-part series I’m doing about fortune cookies. This time around, I’ll be discussing the specifics of the fortunes I read.
As I said before, fortunes come in 3 basic flavors: Compliments, Advice, and Predictions (though there were a few weird fortunes that didn’t fit in those categories, or any other from what …
Fortune Favors the Prepared, Part One
January 11th, 2008(This week’s post is part one of two on fortune cookies. As with my two part series on Everybody Votes, this week will be general observations on fortune cookies, while next week will be more specific.)
Fortune cookies have always intrigued me. It’s not for any rational reason, really; I’ve just always had a soft spot for them, I guess. Maybe it’s the idea of a dessert that appeals to more than your sweet tooth, or maybe it’s because they try to say something meaningful to a total stranger in two sentences or less. Or perhaps …
Happy Holidays, Part Two
January 4th, 2008As I mentioned last week, I’ve been on vacation. I just got back today, which means no post again this week. However, last week I talked briefly about some impressive statistics associated with the New England Patriots. This week allow me to follow up on that with this link. Apparently that Patriots drew the largest TV audience since the Oscars on Feb. 25 (and before that, probably the NFL playoffs). And if you notice, the NFL Network only got 4.5 million viewers, or around 1/6 to 1/7 of the total viewers.
The Patriots-Colts game this year …