Using LMRC To Pick NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket

Last year I wrote about Logistic Regression Markov Chain (LMRC).  LMRC is a Markov Chain that is purpose built as a college basketball ranking system based on basic scoreboard data.  LMRC is a tool to that can be used to help you fill out your NCAA basketball tournament bracket.  LRMC was created by Dr. Joel […]

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March 16, 2009  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Computing, Fun, Sports

Echo: Changing Our World One Block At A Time

Yesterday I spent one of the most exciting 30 minutes of my week talking with Lila King and Karyn Lu of Echo. Echo is an art and civic journalism project that will produce and collect stories tied to physical locations throughout Atlanta. Karyn and Lila believe everyone has a fascinating story to tell. The interview […]

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March 7, 2009  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship, Fun, Startups, Web/Tech

The Julia Roy Incident

It all started innocently enough when I read this tweet. What's that all about I wondered? Well it turns out that a pack of Web celebs created charity auctions on eBay to benefit charity: water (a worthy cause). Julia Roy was offering a 6 hour dinner and drinks outing.  Being a semi experienced Ebayer, I decided […]

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February 24, 2009  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Fun, Games, Personal, Web/Tech

Mystery Reading

Today I was a mystery reader for Jack's third grade class. Jack, that's him front and center, was pretty excited.  "Miracles on Maple Hill" was the selection. Seems like a good book.  Won an a Newberry award in 1957. And Ms. Lane is a joy.

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February 5, 2009  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Fun, Personal

Wheego Whip

This past weekend while the North American International Auto Show kicked off in Detroit I had my own little personal auto show.  I spend the weekend tooling around in a prototype of the Wheego Whip by RTEV.  It was a fun experience.  When I brought it home both of my kids exclained "cool."  And boy […]

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January 15, 2009  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Fun, Startups