2010

Bryan Caplan believes the simplest explanation for the 2008 financial crisis is a rare blunder.

This blog post explores the surprising linguistic diversity of New York City, highlighting languages like Vlashki, Garifuna, and Ormuri. via languagehat.com

Arnold Kling discusses various perspectives on the 2008 financial crisis, contrasting narratives from "Insiders" and "Outsiders" and their takes on the relationship between government and Big Finance. via Econlib

Bryan Caplan shared a report about intra-American HDI rankings, which indicates white Americans rank in the middle of rankings for different racial groups. via The source of this content is Econlib.

This Hackaday article from 2010 recaps the Embedded Systems Conference in Silicon Valley, highlighting cool tech like an iPhone-controlled car and a Rubik's Cube-solving robot. via Hackaday

A fresh look at the differences between left- and right-leaning political blogs, finding significant differences in platform use, co-authorship, and participation. via Crooked Timber

Scott Golder suggests a hack for managing "impulse reading" by leaving articles open in tabs and returning to them later.

Jeremy Paxman is the subject of this article. via organizedrage

FlowingData reviews Indiemapper, an online thematic mapping application, highlighting its strengths such as user-friendliness and diverse map projections, while also noting areas for improvement. via FlowingData.

This blog post on Marginal Revolution highlights an alarming trend of smoking in Indonesia, particularly among young boys, with some starting as young as two years old.

This discussion from 2010 questions whether PowerPoint itself is flawed, or if it's just commonly used poorly. via FlowingData

Android passes iPhone in US traffic according to AdMob. via androidandme.com