holy dang, has it really been a month?

Okay, yeah. Things have been Happening that have made me neglect you, blog. But today I'll be telling actual readers about you; won't that be exciting? And maybe I'll momentarily stop forgetting about you.

Prediction markets are way cool. The idea is that certain kinds of markets have been found to be unusually good at predicting events, given the way they aggregate information. For instance, orange juice futures predict the weather in Florida more accurately than does meteorology. Tradesports is one such market. In my experience, it hasn't been all that accurate, but it's fun to look at as one measure of the likelihood of a given outcome. Or you can just use it to bet on crazy things instead. I did well last election ("doing well" being relative to one's interests, I suppose), and luckily decided not to invest in papal forecasts this week.

On a totally unrelated note, Maywa Denki are also pretty nifty.

Lastly, a very brief shout-out to Katamari Damacy and Flight vol. 2. If you are reading my blog, you probably already know about these, so why am I mentioning them? It is a mystery!