Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Unknown's avatar

About F. E. Guerra-Pujol

When I’m not blogging, I am a business law professor at the University of Central Florida.

“Rise & Shine” (Venice Beach edition)

Posted in Web/Tech | Leave a comment

Our favorite “economics of Christmas” tweets

It's a huge oversight that none of the academic articles about the deadweight loss of Christmas even mention wrapping presents. — Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) December 25, 2015 An ethical Santa would refuse to ask boys and girls about their Christmas … Continue reading

Posted in Economics | Leave a comment

Merry Mathematical Christmas

Via Tyler Cowen (Marginal Revolution).

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Show someone they’re loved this Christmas

Posted in Culture | Leave a comment

If we were Miss Colombia …

If we were Miss Colombia (the beautiful and talented Ariadna Gutierrez), we would consider consulting with a reputable attorney right now. You see, in our view, there is a high probability that the Miss Universe Organization, and maybe even FOX … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments

What if?

Using a mix of Photoshop and collage, graphic designer Peter Stults makes contemporary film posters look like the old studio classics of yore. His reimagined poster for one of our favorite films is pictured above (via The Guardian).

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Fractal puzzle gift idea

This “fractal puzzle” would make a great gift for our good friend, colleague, and co-author Orlando I. Martinez-Garcia, who introduced us to fractals many moons ago.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

No more hung juries with Bayesian verdicts

We explain our novel solution to the problem of hung juries in this paper (“Why don’t juries try range voting?“), which was published in the Criminal Law Bulletin (vol. 51, no. 3) earlier this year. (In criminal cases, the jury’s … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

And the winners are … (Golden Giraffes)

The home page of The Browser tonight, announcing the winners of The Golden Giraffes 2015 pic.twitter.com/HpTmAg8ql8 — TheBrowser (@TheBrowser) December 19, 2015

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

3D Printing Gift Idea

Via kottke, we discovered the Free Universal Construction Kit, a set of 80 two-way adapters that allows kids to connect Legos and Tinkertoys together: “By allowing any piece to join to any other, the Kit encourages totally new forms of … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments