Saturday, January 05, 2013

Tickled my fancy

Recent blog posts I liked

Top 100 bestselling books of 2012
The top 100 titles sold an average of just under 300,000 copies each: the top three titles (all by EL James) sold 10 ten times as many - EACH. And probably at least a couple of orders magnitude more than the average sales for all 100k+ titles published.

From cigarettes to obesity, public health at risk but one day all sinners will repent & have everlasting life.

Alone at the seaside - It used to be unwed mothers who fled to the seaside to hide themselves in shame. Now – the Census shows – it is the separated & divorced, as Mark Easton reports in his thoughtful piece.

Jumping droplets! I hope this really is a practical proposition

The Complexities of Comparing Medicare Choices - Almost as much of a computational challenge as choosing your electricity supplier