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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 →

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

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 →

Above is the notification we received from WordPress. For the record, here is our first blog post, a picture titled Summer in Amsterdam from 5 July 2013. Here is our most visited one, an image titled Chess piece survival rates from … Continue reading →

And the nominees are: (a) Tyler Cowen & Alex Tabarrok (Marginal Revolution) (b) Robin Hanson (Overcoming Bias) (c) Jason Kottke (kottke) (d) Eugene Volokh & Company (Volokh Conspiracy) These “blog kings” are our favorite individual bloggers. Who else should we … Continue reading →

Business litigation is often like the game of poker. For example, when deciding whether to settle or go to trial, a plaintiff must decide whether to invest more money in his or her case in order to secure a possible … Continue reading →

In the movie version of the bestselling book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, Eduardo Saverin threatens to sue his friend Mark Zuckerberg when he finally discovers that his original 30% equity stake in Facebook–the social network business he cofounded with Mark … Continue reading →