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Never Tell

» by Chewxy October 22nd, 2007 at 4:15 am » Comments (6)

Quote:
Never show anyone. They’ll beg you and they’ll flatter you for the secret, but as soon as you give it up… you’ll be nothing to them
-Alfred Borden, The Prestige

This I agree. How many times have you shown someone something, and they immediately lose interest? Part of the world is keeping up the magical illusion. Breaking [...]



Talk in Numb3rs

» by Chewxy October 4th, 2007 at 3:14 am » Comments (24)

I aDmit , I’ve got nothing better to do (well, actually, I have 1 assignment, and 1 tute question to do), so I’ve decided to talk in Numb3rs. Not abOUT the show, of course. Or mAYBe it is :D.
I’ll wRITE about Justin Wolfers. A yoUng economist, he’s absolutely brilliant in prediction markets. He’s gUEsT blogging [...]



Not Funny Anymore

» by Chewxy August 27th, 2007 at 7:21 pm » Comments (3)

Some of you who know me personally would know that I’ve been waiting for my router for roughly 3 weeks already. Error upon error upon error. Error in transaction, error in procuring product, finally did they courier it. I checked the courier tracking site this morning, and discovered that the package was to be delivered [...]



The Other Person

» by Chewxy May 25th, 2007 at 7:30 am » Comments (7)

I’ve been having lots of lunches and dinners lately. I mean, lunch is really over-rated (since if you wake up at 7 and have breakfast by 8, you won’t feel hungry till about 6 p.m.).
Anyways, I don’t dine alone. Most of these meals, I have with friends- most often these days would be with either [...]



10 Curriculum Vitae Observations

» by Chewxy May 16th, 2007 at 3:30 pm » Comments (6)

I’ve been reading quite a number of C.V.s these days, and I’ve noticed a few things:

Out of the 50+ applications I received, roughly half are male and the other are female.
95% of the female applicants (21 out of 23) sent me a nicely typed out C.V. Some are not as proficient in Microsoft Word, but [...]