February 06, 2010

Doug Drinen, performed an analysis on Sabernomics.com in a post titled “Squares for squares“.  He looked at all regular season NFL games from 1994 (when the two point conversion rule was implemented) through 2005.  According to his analysis, these are the best squares to have:

  1. 7-0/0-7   Ending score 3.80% of the time.
  2. 7-4/4-7   Ending score 3.71% of the time.
  3. 0-3/3-0   Ending score 3.21% of the time.
  4. 4-1/1-4   Ending score 2.23% of the time.
  5. 0-4/4-0   Ending score 2.04% of the time.

A little explanation is required. In the games analyzed, one team had a score ending in 7, while the other team had a score ending in 0, 7.60% of the time. Because there are two 7-0 squares on the board, the 7.60% is divided in half, hence the 3.80% probability of winning.

By the way, the worst possible square is 2-2, this was the ending score only .04% of the games analyzed.

February 06, 2010

February 06, 2010

February 05, 2010

February 05, 2010

February 04, 2010

The house featured in the opening credits of “Full House” is for sale for $4 million. Built in 1896, 722 Steiner is on Alamo Square’s “Postcard Row.”

It should be noted though that some believe 1709 Broderick to be the real Full House - that the family was only playing in Alamo square, but in actuality lived a little north.

Either way, the open house is on February 10 from 6 to 9. So put on your best suit and your most expensive shoes - here’s your chance to explore 4692 square feet of history.

February 02, 2010

February 02, 2010

Today’s hint is for those who spend a fair bit of time in Terminal. If you do, you’re probably aware that Terminal tracks your command history—that is, it keeps a record of the commands you’ve used, and you can scroll through those historical commands. Press the Up Arrow key from the command prompt, and you’ll see the most-recently used command; each additional press moves further back through history, and the Down Arrow key moves forward in the history file.

February 01, 2010

February 01, 2010

Westboro Baptist Church showed up to protest in front of Twitter’s San Francisco office on Thursday, but found themselves severely outnumbered by a crowd of absurdist pranksters, including guest blogger EDW Lynch above.

February 01, 2010

February 01, 2010

February 01, 2010

Mission Street Food announced yesterday the next step in their great experiment’s evolution: They’re opening a restaurant of their own. And not only that, they want us all to invest! For the low, low price of just $500, you can tell your mom you’re an investor in the hottest new restaurant in San Francisco.

January 31, 2010

January 31, 2010

about me

I'm a software developer for Rooftop Comedy, a grad student at USF, and a fan of the Golden State Warriors. This is a collection of stuff that I find interesting.

search

recent tweets

find me on the webs

more fun stuff!