Following up on my last post using Mint.com data, I decided to look into living expenses by city. Mint breaks down living expenses for 12 cities in Washington. My guess was that Bellevue would be the most expensive to live in, and Spokane would be the cheapest. Monthly expenses by
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-17
FYI: Valspar "high hiding primer" does not cover in 1 coat. # Which Bellevue Restaurant is the most popular?: I recently came across a site created by Mint.com that anonymize… http://bit.ly/efK28M # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-04-10: #BrianWilson gave up 15 runs last year. In his first two games this
Continue readingWhich Bellevue Restaurant is the most popular?
I recently came across a site created by Mint.com that anonymizes and aggregates users spending behavior. Data.Mint.com allows the public to access its data on consumer spending habits in a searchable and sortable format. I wondered, what sort of insights can one glean from this data? I have a list
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#BrianWilson gave up 15 runs last year. In his first two games this year, he's already given up 5. #ShaveTheBeard # How did #UCONN not get all the 1st place votes in the final Men's Basketball poll? http://usat.ly/ikmEkP # Pretty neat: @Bing is streaming the Death Cab for Cutie live-scripted
Continue readingWest coast basketball fans catch a break with NCAA scheduling
The East Coast bias in sports is pervasive. But on the first Monday in April, West Coasters get a little bit of revenge when the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship tips off at 9:23 pm Eastern Time. The fact that it tips off so late is ridiculous. Yes, it’s nice that
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A 6 point halftime lead = 79% chance of winning. # Gotta like the win, #Mariners style. 5 errors by the #As # Ugh. Worst Internet day of the year. # MLB: How is a baseball team’s Spring Training record correlated with their regular season finish?: Spring Traini… http://bit.ly/fMqpbc #
Continue readingMLB: How is a baseball team’s Spring Training record correlated with their regular season finish?
Spring Training baseball is fantastic. Past and future All-Stars on the field together. Players signing autographs and actually having fun. I remember vividly attending Tigers spring training in Lakeland, Florida, in 1987 and I stuck around the stadium long enough to get Chet Lemon’s autograph. It was (and is) more
Continue readingFinal Four Efficiency: VCU and Butler prove mid-majors deserve more NCAA tournament bids
Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith took a lot of heat for picking UAB and VCU to make the NCAA tournament over major conference teams like Colorado and Virginia Tech. But it was Smith who got the last laugh when VCU made the Final Four. We shouldn’t be surprised either,
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Take Reggie Miller's microphone away! # Arizona just crossed 100% probability of winning the game # Arizona has a 95% chance of winning # Alex Trebek calling College Football: Yes! kickoff your Sunday Shoes with this young looking brute seen here, daddio. http://bit.ly/hDjmWY # The package has been redesigned, adding
Continue readingNCAA Basketball: When is a lead safe?
The buzzer beaters this weekend were amazing. I was in heaven listening to Gus Johnson lose it as George Mason came back to beat Villanova, who were up by 6 points with less than 2 minutes to play. I asked myself, when is a lead safe in college basketball? It’s
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