Robert Giannini

Goldman

Robert Giannini — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:31:29 +0000

This is a RollingStone article about the history of Goldman Sachs’ involvement in the financial markets. It is a bit cynical and jaded….but a nice look at the progression of one of the most important institutions of our time none the less.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/12697/64796?RS_show_page=0
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Tour Power Output

Robert Giannini — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:10:04 +0000

This is an interesting article that analyzes power output from this years Tourmalet stage. It shows that the output from Contador and Schleck was well below the averages seen in the 90s and 2000’s…..so maybe the tour IS cleaner than it used to be

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2010/07/power-from-tourmalet-6wkg-anyone.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/cJKs+(The+Science+of+Sport)

Hidden Motives

Robert Giannini — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:53:04 +0000

You can loose when you get Alan Alda taking about science. Here is a nice piece about hidden motives.

Watch the full episode. See more Scientific American Frontiers.

Facebook: The Evolution of Privacy Settings

Robert Giannini — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:16:02 +0000

Check out this Link http://mattmckeon.com/facebook-privacy/

Synthentic Life

Robert Giannini — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:13:52 +0000

Craig Venter and his team recently unveiled that they have created fully synthetic life. In this talk he explains the long rode that the team had to travel before they were able to successfully produce life from a computer.

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The UCI

Robert Giannini — Sat, 22 May 2010 23:33:09 +0000

Very interesting article on doping and the UCI from NYVelocity.

http://nyvelocity.com/content/features/2010/dirty-deal

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Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks

Robert Giannini — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:43:19 +0000

This is some interesting commentary about social networks. Nicholas Christakis shows that a social network can affect your weight, health, habits and happiness.

You can read one of his recent papers on obesity here: Spread of obesity

Esther Duflo: Social experiments to fight poverty

Robert Giannini — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:49:23 +0000

Here is an interesting video on poverty and some interesting new research. This was sent to me by my buddy Roland Lochoff.

CT Bikin’

Robert Giannini — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:04:49 +0000

I am up in CT visiting the family for a couple of weeks…..and I have hit up a few nice rides in my old territory. The roads are sweet up here…but it has been a little cold and dreary out. I hit up some sweet dirt roads and road on my newly rebuilt Fuji (sweet whip). Last night I even got to do a race that is put on by the first guy to ever sponsor me, Rick Beasley of Cycle Fitness. I won the race and got a Pizza Pie!! Check out the video on FB

charleston sc

Robert Giannini — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:36:08 +0000

Erin and I took a trip to Charleston SC last weekend. Here are some pics from one of our adventures. We went on the USS Yorktown…one of the aircraft carriers that served in WW2 and Vietnam. We also got to crawl through a submarine. Very cool:-)