GoT - Buddy Movie?

*groan*




(Brilliant, though..)

GoT - The RomCom

Tell me someone did not do this. (They did.)


People, people, people...

You're already outdated, Muthu...

Just as Muthuball comes into the picture, here's the latest: 


Moneyball 2.0: How Missile Tracking Cameras Are Remaking The NBA


Go read. Oh, and the creators would like it if you referred to it as Moneyball Plus, thank you very much. 


I think these two taken together have a lot of potential. Muthuball could help determine the draft picks for various teams and Moneyball+ would then get to work on improving their game. 


Now can someone tell Kobe and the Buss family there's something out there that they can spend money and get their hands on to win another title? 

Work-stuff



http://nairsnumbers.blogspot.in/


Check it out, let me know.

Muthuball

I came across this sometime in the last year, I think. 


Its a theory put forward by a Stanford guy, Muthu Alagappan, on how there are actually 13 positions in basketball, not the traditional 5.


I liked it then, and now its getting picked up in wider circles as well.


These are his 13 positions:

If you want to check out his entire talk as well as the presentation, go here From 5 to 13: Redefining the positions in Basketball

Ray B.

I haven't read anything of Ray Bradbury (yet), but I will soon. Lots of his books are on my wishlist and with the news of his death, his books just leaped a little ahead. So I'm not the best guy to comment on his life, works etc. etc...


What I do know, is that he has one of the greatest tribute songs I have ever heard. Take it away, Rachel Bloom...




She did meet him before he died. What happened, however, is unknown (I think).




Rest in peace, Ray...

The United States of Westeros?

Whoever made this is a freakin' genius.




Just bloody brilliant...

Open Letters

Been the Season of Open Letters eh?

Started off with Madrasan babe and now to India's Graduating Classes.

Quick thoughts on its points/wishes the author had:

1.You speak and write English fluently - This is just crap. Not everyone studies in an English medium school in India. That takes nothing away from their ability; most of them catch up.

2. You are good at problem solving, thinking outside the box, seeking new ways of doing things - Methinks this is a systemic problem. That's just how students are taught here. A few escape education with their 'out of the box' thinking ability barely intact, and they're the lucky ones. 

3. You ask questions, engage deeply and question hierarchy - Heh. Bullshit. Would love to see a new joinee to ask questions around the company, challenge people and walk away with their bonus/incentives intact.

4. You take responsibility for your career and for your learning and invest in new skills - MNCs hold trainings, people go. I doubt many Indian companies do (not talking about the marquee names, but run-of-the-mill companies). If you find about some training and want to go, how many companies would sponsor you? 

5. You are professional and ethical: Everyone loves to be considered a professional. - Yeah, this I agree with. And although company culture does come into play, this is something that is completely within our control. 

Where I'm having trouble is in deciding whether the NYT column was linkbait or not...