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Because our business law class meets only once per week, we are combining Lessons 3 & 4 into a single lecture. As it happens, both business law lessons have something important in common: contracts. In the film “The Social Network” … Continue reading →

Can you solve the case of the missing “I’m feeling lucky” feature? For starters, check out this screenshot taken from our iPhone 5 earlier in the day (Jan. 30, 2016): Did you notice that the “I’m feeling lucky” feature on … Continue reading →

 Via kottke, check out this crazy table of cartoon characters drawn by artist Jaakko Seppälä. The diagonal from top left to bottom right (shaded gray) portrays a variety of familiar cartoon characters; the rows contain re-interpretations of these characters based … Continue reading →

Via Tyler Cowen (Marginal Revolution).

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 →

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).

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.

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 →