How much are you worth?
A new study came out recently showing that husband and wives are often give dramatically different answers when asked how much they make or how much they're worth. In fact 10% of respondents differed by over $100,000 when asked about their net worth. The research, though, were at a loss to say who, husbands or wives, were more accurate. Although amusing, this is a pretty substantive issue for me as I'll be using the Canadian equivalent of the longitudinal survey that was used in that research. It won't make too much of a difference because the differences appear to be random, but it'll will add extra error to a variable that is already fraught with it.

Other things browsed recently:

Learn to be a Libertarian: required reading for anyone who has an opinion about Ayn Rand. Very funny. Favorite quote: " Central planning cannot work. Which is why all businesses internally are run like little markets, with no centralized leadership."

The life of Salam Pax: A Slate piece from a journalist who figured out he had been hanging out with Salam for days and didn't know. A nice description. Also, if you haven't seen it, read the Guardian interview with Salam.

www.ure.org is a fascinating attempt to make art with the internet. It doesn't always work as art and especially not as literature, but it's extremely interesting. There's one piece where a "story" is laid out on a three dimensional surface, and by the use of the mouse, you can control the story and its reading.