Iowahawk’s History of Electric Cars
David Burge (@IowaHawkBlog) knows old cars. I had never thought about whether his knowledge included electric cars. It does. Continue Reading →
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Iowahawk on Student Loan Debt
Iowahawk (David Burge, @iowahawkblog) has some thoughts on student loan debt. While I don’t agree with all of them, it’s worth a read. Continue Reading →
Dave Burge on the Voronoi Tessellation
Today’s goodie is for both my readers who chide me for not including enough math. David Burge on the Voronoi Tessellation. Continue Reading →
Iowahawk Reminisces About Moving to Texas
Iowahawk is the nom de Twit of David Burge. Dave celebrated his seventh anniversary in Texas with a trip down memory lane. Continue Reading →
Iowahawk on Social Media (Specifically Twitter)
This is NSFW (language). Forthwith, Iowahawk on social media (specifically Twitter). Continue Reading →
Celebrate Pi Day With Some Math
[Updated 3.15 with this delicious photo and comment.] From Iowahawk on Twitter (@iowahawkblog) Correction: Happy lim[n→∞] 2^4n / (n * (2n! / (2*(n!)))^2) Day #PiDay How to bake your own Continue Reading →
Iowahawk Handicaps the City That Gets the New Amazon HQ
[Updated February 1 to rremove the reference to Miami, Ohio which does not exist.] You’ve heard that Amazon is choosing a city for their second headquarters. The retail behemoth released Continue Reading →
Excel Workbook Iowahawk Handicaps the City That Gets the New Amazon HQ
I’ve transformed his tweets into an Excel workbook, translated odds into probabilities and sorted the table from highest (Austin and Atlanta are tied for first). A (much) longer article is Continue Reading →
Detroit Bankruptcy Brought Out Humor and Snark
The idea here is that Mitt Romney said he would have let GM and Chrysler go bankrupt during the presidential campaign. The Obama campaign promptly took credit for not letting “Detroit go bankrupt.” On the internet stuff lasts forever. Continue Reading →
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan Will Win in a Landslide
My methodology is simple: read all the polls, rip them up and throw them away. Read all the editorial endorsements, tear them up and throw them away. Listen to my gut instead. Yeah, I know it’s not scientific, but most polls have a “refuse to answer” rate around 90%. That means their numbers are based on a sample that is far from random. Continue Reading →