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polimetrics 9 Jan 2013 | 09:22 pm
A while ago I asked the main mailinglist for Political Methodologists whether anyone had any suggestions for readings for one class on an undergraduate course where I would be providing a very brief i...
experiments and human atrocities 11 Apr 2011 | 03:26 am
There are a number of topics I have been wanting to blog about for ages, but I never get around to it. Some because I just don’t have had the time or the right priorities to get it written, some becau...
welfare states without borders 11 Apr 2011 | 03:26 am
There are a number of topics I have been wanting to blog about for ages, but I never get around to it. Some because I just don’t have had the time or the right priorities to get it written, some becau...
territorial rights 11 Apr 2011 | 03:25 am
There are a number of topics I have been wanting to blog about for ages, but I never get around to it. Some because I just don’t have had the time or the right priorities to get it written, some becau...
R for social science manual 24 Mar 2011 | 06:30 pm
A new (free) Applied R manual for social scientists was published, with the author’s introduction. Note that the author’s blog also has many other interesting posts on using R.
elected mayor 25 Feb 2011 | 10:00 pm
A Dutch guy might become mayor in Germany, where the mayor is properly elected, no “appointed by the King” as in the Netherlands, and where according to the law any EU citizen can stand in the electio...
muslim community service 7 Feb 2011 | 08:17 pm
Here’s an interesting article about how a radical muslim group in Indonesia capitalizes on the Merapi disaster by assisting villagers to build up their village to gain goodwill, and how this new goodw...
literate programming 4 Feb 2011 | 06:22 pm
Computer programming code can of course be beautiful. I just stumbled on docco, which I think is a perfect example. The code is simple and clear, but nevertheless very sophisticated. The documentation...
pornography in Indonesia 8 Jan 2011 | 03:16 am
This case really, really bothers me. The story, as I understand, is this: one of the most famous Indonesian pop singers, Ariel, of the band Peterpan, was arrested last year on the basis of the new Ind...
go in Cork 8 Jan 2011 | 03:00 am
I made it to the international press! There are also photos from the competition and a result overview. I – just too late for this Christmas – discovered there is also a Go club in Yogyakarta, which...