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soapUI. The Web Service, SOA and SOAP Testing Tool. Combine stats not created equal. Which statistics collected at the combine correlate with NFL success for running backs, and which are meaningless? This is a sports story, but the lesson is for everyone. Just because you measure something doesn’t mean it’s important. Marginal Revolution: Incentives [...]

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Stephen O’Grady: Clouds Rolling In: The Google App Engine Q&A. Great rundown. Bruce Schneier: The Feeling and Reality of Security. Understanding the differences and how to manage them is the key to successful security policy. FP Passport: The Olympic torch’s mysterious companions. The torch escorts are members of a paramilitary group sponsored by the Chinese government. Their [...]

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gourmet.com: Betting the Farm. Great article on agriculture policy and how one family farm in South Dakota is bucking the trend of cashing in on ethanol money and government subsidies. Rogers Cadenhead: Washington Post Wins Another Phony Pulitzer. I loved the Washington Post article about the violinist planted in the DC subway, but Rogers argues that [...]

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Washington Post: Memo: Laws Didn’t Apply to Interrogators. The White House has finally released the John Yoo memo that dismantled the rule of law to Congress. Philadelphia Daily News: NFL Films is taking shots. It’s sad but not surprising that NFL Films is falling out of favor with the NFL. This is one of those decisions [...]

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Los Angeles Times: The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Blog. One of your more erudite former athletes. Bruce Schneier: The Security Mindset. I envy it, but it’s not how my mind works. The American Prospect: The Obama Doctrine. An attempt to discern Barack Obama’s general philosophy on foreign policy. Jim Henley: Henley Everywhere 2008alt. When you were as right as he [...]

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Robert Weintraub in Slate: How have the Houston Rockets won 20 games in a row? - He’s wrong about the absence of Yao helping the Rockets. The Rockets won 12 in a row with Yao before winning 8 in a row without him. I think the secret has been adding Rick [...]

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Today I read Dr. Z’s annual ratings of football broadcasters and realized that I don’t really have a strong opinion of any of them in particular and that I have a mild distaste for all of them.

Fortunately, I’ve come up with a method of watching football that eliminates the announcers almost entirely. The key is [...]

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