I’m a bike commuter and while I really enjoy it, getting rained on is a little bit annoying. This is actually something that people are most concerned about when they learn I commute by bike, but honestly, it doesn’t happen…
Another Look at School Lunch Participation: Food Insecurity
We’re very fortunate in the U.S. to have high access to food and there are many social programs to help people who cannot afford food. That being said, food insecurity is still a problem for some families. According to the…
Drake and the Back of the Envelope
One of the many handy things about the math of probability is that we can simply stack probabilities of individual events to get the overall probability for the scenario. For example, the probability of a coin landing on heads is…
National School Lunch Program Participation
In the U.S. we have a national program for school children that allows them to get get reduced cost or free meals. Meals are available to all students and based on family income, some children are eligible for either free…
Chart Gimmicks: Spinning Charts
FusionCharts is a product that makes designing graphs and charts for the web simpler. It has some nice benefits: the charts can be Flash or JavaScript, they have a nice polished look, and they are very customizeable. Unfortunately, they make it…