Author Archives: Jason

About Jason

Jason R. Koepke is Founder and Data Strategist at GNT LLC, a risk-analysis and data strategy firm that provides analytical and technical services to the public and private sectors. His work and research has been featured in the academic, financial, and technical industries.

Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:

* Sofia is old–it dates to before 7th century BC–and there is evidence of its history strewn all about the city. (Courtesy: EZ and Sofia)

* Bulgarians know the last-clap game. (Courtesy: Crowd at a National Opera and Ballet performance)

* The interpretive variety and latitude of ballet performances is vast, the details of which I learn more and more about as I continue to explore. (Courtesy: Joan Acocella’s Dance Notes about Swan Lake in The New Yorker)

* Computer-guided matchmaking dates to at least the 1960s. (Courtesy: Nick Paumgarten’s The New Yorker article Looking for Someone).

Album Reviews

1——>3—–>5
Terrible—–>Fantastic

5
Kills, The – Blood Pressures

4
Black Angels, The – Passover
Galaxie 500 – On Fire
Howling Bells – Liberation
Galaxie 500 – This is Our Music
Galaxie 500 – Today

3

2

1

Things I Learned this Week

Among the things I learned this week:

* The Amen Break‘s waveform has peak intervals that fit the golden ratio. (Courtesy: Wikipedia)

* This past week’s experience is that it is increasingly common for Web sites to not discuss and/or provide options for deleting one’s account. (Courtesy: Various service-oriented Web sites)

* Towns in Appalachia are passing fracking bans. (Courtesy: Local Media)