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Sep 18, 2015

One Ping Only

Meanwhile in the Future , Gizmodo's podcast of the future, explores what happens when humanity encounters a Bracewell probe.

Sep 17, 2015

Take a Left at Albuquerque

Pioneer 10 included a plaque, shown above. Pictographically, it shows humans, where we are, and where we come from. Just in case anyone should ever find it and get curious. At the…

Sep 16, 2015

Tradecraft Primer from the CIA

The CIA has on their website a PDF booklet called A Tradecraft Primer: Structured Analytic Techniques for Improving Intelligence Analysis . The booklet reviews methods of intelligence analysis including: Alternative Futures, Outside-In…

Sep 15, 2015

I Remember Berenstain as Berenstain

On last week's Reply All, they allude to the Berenstain Bears conspiracy theory. The gist of the theory is that everyone remembers Berenstain spelled Berenstein and at some point, history got rewritten…

Sep 14, 2015

Why This Hammer Costs $435

My talk on government accounting, "Why this Hammer Costs $435," at Ignite Howard County is now available on YouTube. ::youtube{video="tmIIwYu8w1g"} You can read more about this in this blog post.

Sep 12, 2015

Classical Software Studies

James Hague writes, in a post, "Computer Science Courses that Don't Exist, But Should," a series of course descriptions for needed computer science courses, one struck me: CSCI 3300: Classical Software Studies…

Sep 11, 2015

Vasquez on the NFIP

Law review articles criticizing the NFIP, and offering solutions, are rapidly becoming a genre unto themselves. Florida A&M Law student Loren M. Vasquez has become the latest contributor, in the Seattle Journal…

Sep 9, 2015

How Many Floating Point Numbers are There?

The IEEE standard for floating point arithmetic provides for a noncontinuous space representing both very large and very small numbers. Under the standard, each floating point number are composed of three parts:…

Sep 5, 2015

On Teaching Public Finance

On Monday, I started another semester teaching at the University of Baltimore. This semester, I am teaching PUAD 701 Public Administration and Public Finance, a three-credit graduate course in the Master of…

Sep 4, 2015

After the Mission, Vision, and Values

This is part of a series on strategic planning focusing on the mission, vision, and values. For the rest of the series, please see: Part 1: Mission, Vision, and Values Part 2:…