Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

(Hat tip: Alfred L. Brophy, via The Faculty Lounge.)

How many divisions do the pacifists have? Still, I guess it was worth a try. Hat tip: @pickover.

Caption: “We’re on the list!” The creative collage pictured above is by the artist Dan Cretu. We discovered the amazing Mr Cretu via kottke.org; you can check out more of his whimsical works here, via Instagram. (Happy Valentine’s Day, Sydjia.)

Do people have a finite amount of memory in their brains, or is it actually possible to expand and improve one’s memory through mental exercises and other methods? My friend and colleague Jeremy E.C. Genovese–a professor of human development and … Continue reading →

What is your favorite Olympic mascot of all time? Shaker Samman, an intern at The Ringer, offers for our edification this entertaining “definitive ranking” of every Olympic mascot since 1968. (Hat tip: digg.) By the way, Mr Samman is not … Continue reading →

As I mentioned in a previous post, I began teaching law in the summer of 1998 — 20 years ago! — but this is the first time that I am not giving lectures. Instead, I created a business law game … Continue reading →

Chris McVeigh is the creator of these custom Lego sets. (Check out his website here to see more of his creations. Hat tip: @kottke.)

According to this report, Jelmer Eerkens (UC Davis) and Alex de Voogt (American Museum of Natural History) assembled and analyzed a set of 110 carefully dated, cube-shaped dice and made the following main findings (their full paper is available here): … Continue reading →