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- Zach Braff, Amanda Palmer, and the New 90-9-1 Rule http://dlewis.net/blog/2013/04/27/zach-braff-amanda-palmer-and-the-new-90-9-1-rule-the-indifferent-the-haters-and-the-ones-who-love-you/ 49 comments
- Teaching Square Roots to a Five Year Old http://dlewis.net/blog/2013/01/31/teaching-square-roots-to-a-five-year-old/ 89 comments
- Before Stuxnet: the first gov. sponsored software trojan horse http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/boom-goes-the-natural-gas-pipeline/ 3 comments
- When the rules prevented Kenneth Cole from launching, he broke the rules http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/the-birth-of-a-shoe-company/ 41 comments
- Scientists in Abu Dhabi have successfully created 50+ artificial rain storms http://dlewis.net/now-i-know-learn-something-new-every-day-by-email-archives/Making-It-Rain/ 11 comments
- Why Do Facebook’s Friend Suggestions Suck? http://dlewis.net/2010/06/10/why-do-facebooks-friend-suggestions-suck/ 2 comments
- The Wikipedia Reading Club: A virtual book club around Wikipedia entries http://dlewis.net/2010/03/18/the-wikipedia-reading-club/ 2 comments
- What Does it Mean to "Buy" an E-Book? http://dlewis.net/2009/12/01/what-does-it-mean-to-buy-an-e-book/ 2 comments
- Can Amazon create a "used book store in the cloud"? Not unless the law changes. http://dlewis.net/2009/11/30/the-used-book-store-in-the-cloud/ 2 comments
- Fixing the MLB All-Star Game: Let’s Go Bananas https://dlewis.net/blog/2023/07/12/fixing-the-mlb-all-star-game-lets-go-bananas/ 20 comments baseball
- I'm working on an idea for a fantasy league where participants can be GMs or agents. Thoughts welcome. http://dlewis.net/blog/2016/01/03/an-idea-for-a-two-tiered-fantasy-baseball-league-gms-and-agents/ 6 comments baseball
- I tried to explain square roots to my five year old. This is what I did. http://dlewis.net/blog/2013/01/31/teaching-square-roots-to-a-five-year-old/ 179 comments math
- I want to build a two-tiered fantasy baseball league, where you can be a team owner/GM or you can be a player agent. Here's the rough framework. Is this doable? Any interest? http://dlewis.net/blog/2012/12/07/two-tiered-fantasy-baseball-lets-build-this-thing/ 19 comments baseball
- 147 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln created the Secret Service. 147 years ago tonight, Lincoln was fatally shot. http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/abraham-lincoln-created-the-secret-service-the-day-he-was-shot/ 4 comments history
- I'm self-referring 1,000+ clicks/week. Figured I'd share how. (xpost from /r/startups) http://dlewis.net/nik 10 comments marketing
- I'm self-referring 1,000+ clicks/week. Figured I'd share how. http://dlewis.net/nik 58 comments startups
- I have a daily email newsletter of true but esoteric facts. I'm always looking for more material. What are you favorite mindblowing moments in history? http://dlewis.net/nik 9 comments history
- Mao Zedong ordered the killing of all the sparrows in China, because sparrows ate grains planted by Chinese workers. But the sparrows also ate locusts, which in turn at more grain than the sparrows did. Oops. http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/to-kill-a-sparrow/ 152 comments history
- In 1927, the US developed a plan to invade Canada http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/invading-canada/ 22 comments history
- Happy Birthday to Dr. Seuss. Here's something I wrote about how he won a bet with his publisher: could he write a book using only 50 unique words? Also, how he got his pen name. http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/fifty-word-masterpiece/ 4 comments books
- 67 years ago today, Allied troops liberated Auschwitz. Here's the story of a Polish soldier who broke *into* Auschwitz, providing key intel into the horrors within. http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/inside-job/ 14 comments history
- I have an (almost!) 20,000 person email newsletter -- it's a daily blog, basically, but email. What do I build next? http://dlewis.net/nik 17 comments startups
- I wrote the linked-to article today. After I emailed it out this, I started getting replies talking about the politics behind it. 100% of them agreed with me -- but 50% said one thing and 50% said the opposite. I find it fascinating how readily people assume the politics of others. http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/when-the-nazis-invaded-america/ 9 comments moderatepolitics
- In order to avoid paying an import tax on "light trucks," Ford installs back seats and windows in some of its vans made in Turkey -- and then rips them out when the vans arrive in Baltimore. http://dlewis.net/nik-archives/turkey-and-chickens/ 15 comments politics
- Let's do a /r/Startups Exchange -- redditors helping redditors. http://dlewis.net/nik 6 comments startups
- April 14, 1865: That evening, Abraham Lincoln is fatally shot. That morning? He created the Secret Service http://dlewis.net/now-i-know-learn-something-new-every-day-by-email-archives/abraham-lincoln-created-the-secret-service-the-day-he-was-shot/ 15 comments history