The Karaoke Quotient
A formula for calculating how appropriate a pop song is for karaoke. Find our what your favorite song’s Karaoke Quotient is–and if it might the best karaoke song of all time.
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Episode 18: Shatter
Ryan Sheely and Matthew Wrather consider the Lady Gaga episode of Glee.
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The Blockbuster Bell Curve, Revisited: Changes in the IMDB Top 250 List, 2008-2009
Was 2008 the best year for movies ever? According to IMDB, it was.
Fenzel on Dragon Ball #4: Dragonball Abomination “Z”
My first attempt to write this post failed, so I’m taking off my weighted vest. It’s time to get serious.
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Overthinking Lost: Episodes 3.17-3.22
At the end of season three, I take a look back at the first half of Lost… with the power of mathematics!
The Use of Punch and Pie as an Attendance Incentive: A Case Study
“More people will come if they think we’ll have punch and pie!”
Steelers and Steel: Sports Teams and Their Respective Commodities
Overthinking It salutes this year’s Super Bowl champions with some totally unnecessary Excel.
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The Improbable Casting of “He’s Just Not That Into You”
One movie. Nine actors with last names in the first half of the alphabet. What are the odds of that?!
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The Blockbuster Bell Curve: Are we running out of good movies, too?
As a follow up to the wildly popular “Hubbert Peak Theory of Rock” article on the decline of rock music (and U.S. oil production), I decided to take the logical next step in pop culture quantitative analysis: Greatest Movies Lists. … Continued
The Hubbert Peak Theory of Rock, or, Why We’re All Out of Good Songs
What’s the link between oil production and rock music quality during the second half of the 20th century?