<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Firebrand of Yesteryear</title>
	<atom:link href="http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>wherein Mike Develin writes, writes, and writes some more</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:27:20 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='mdevelin.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Firebrand of Yesteryear</title>
		<link>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Firebrand of Yesteryear" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Childhood precursors</title>
		<link>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/childhood-precursors-2/</link>
		<comments>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/childhood-precursors-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 08:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/?p=140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For no good reason, I was thinking about my childhood today, and whether or not you could see the person I&#8217;ve become then, in terms of personality and lifestyle. I&#8217;m a pretty clean test case for this, at least subjectively: I draw a very clear line during the summer after freshman year of high school, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdevelin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8834613&amp;post=140&amp;subd=mdevelin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/childhood-precursors-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/90c8cab7edd399c2e417cc6bbf0f8a6d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mike</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Why I like Dominion so much</title>
		<link>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/why-i-like-dominion-so-much/</link>
		<comments>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/why-i-like-dominion-so-much/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/?p=135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The games are just so different from each other, it&#8217;s amazing. I seem to have (presumably temporarily) ascended to #1 on the isotropic leaderboard, which is pretty fun, so at least I kinda know what I&#8217;m doing. Check out my last 10 games of the winning streak that got me there and the diversity of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdevelin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8834613&amp;post=135&amp;subd=mdevelin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2011/10/27/why-i-like-dominion-so-much/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/90c8cab7edd399c2e417cc6bbf0f8a6d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mike</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Vertical dreams</title>
		<link>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/vertical-dreams/</link>
		<comments>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/vertical-dreams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/?p=130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then I have something that I&#8217;ve decided to call a &#8220;vertical dream.&#8221; What this is is* a dream where things in one level seem to have implications for things in other levels. Okay, every now and then is too much; I&#8217;ve had two of these and the second one was last night. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdevelin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8834613&amp;post=130&amp;subd=mdevelin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2011/01/26/vertical-dreams/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/90c8cab7edd399c2e417cc6bbf0f8a6d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mike</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>New blog</title>
		<link>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/new-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/new-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/?p=127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This thing has been somewhat dormant. I&#8217;ve moved my main blog presence on the objective stuff over to http://thequantlife.com/, where I hope to write daily on a variety of general interest topics through an economist&#8217;s lens. I&#8217;ll probably still funnel more personal stuff here occasionally, but please do check that out!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdevelin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8834613&amp;post=127&amp;subd=mdevelin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/new-blog/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/90c8cab7edd399c2e417cc6bbf0f8a6d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mike</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Help me vote</title>
		<link>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/help-me-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/help-me-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rumination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/?p=124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So for the first time (given my newfound citizenship) I&#8217;m going to get to vote in the elections this fall. I&#8217;m going to do the personally risky thing of talking about my thought process regarding the ballot &#8212; this is very risky because it will alienate anyone who doesn&#8217;t agree with me, which is probably [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdevelin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8834613&amp;post=124&amp;subd=mdevelin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/help-me-vote/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/90c8cab7edd399c2e417cc6bbf0f8a6d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mike</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Second Law Of Large Numbers</title>
		<link>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/the-second-law-of-large-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/the-second-law-of-large-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rumination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/?p=121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first law of large numbers, as everyone knows, is that as n gets high, the sum of n trials of a random variable (e.g. number of heads in n tosses) will asymptotically approach its expected value (e.g. n/2), with the expected average deviation (e.g. difference from n/2 divided by n) approaching 0. To be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdevelin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8834613&amp;post=121&amp;subd=mdevelin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/the-second-law-of-large-numbers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/90c8cab7edd399c2e417cc6bbf0f8a6d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mike</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The real genius of foursquare et al.</title>
		<link>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-real-genius-of-foursquare-et-al/</link>
		<comments>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-real-genius-of-foursquare-et-al/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rumination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/?p=116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One feature of Web 2.1 appears to be the proliferation of services like Foursquare (Yelp stole the functionality, as did Facebook), which, as I&#8217;m sure you all know by now, is a website where you can check in at your (physical) location. This has two facets: first, you let everyone know where you are, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdevelin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8834613&amp;post=116&amp;subd=mdevelin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-real-genius-of-foursquare-et-al/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/90c8cab7edd399c2e417cc6bbf0f8a6d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mike</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>At the boundary</title>
		<link>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/at-the-boundary/</link>
		<comments>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/at-the-boundary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rumination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/?p=113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So for a while now I&#8217;ve sort of felt like I was cool for a nerd and nerdy for a cool person (well, I would never categorize myself as a cool person, so I guess tie goes to &#8220;nerd.&#8221;) But something occurred to me today: I bet everyone feels this way. I mean, I feel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdevelin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8834613&amp;post=113&amp;subd=mdevelin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/at-the-boundary/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/90c8cab7edd399c2e417cc6bbf0f8a6d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mike</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Instrumentals</title>
		<link>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/instrumentals/</link>
		<comments>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/instrumentals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lists of 10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/?p=111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Phoenix&#8217;s &#8220;Love Is Like A Sunset (Part I)&#8221; is an amazing song. It got me thinking about instrumentals. I don&#8217;t think it quite tops my personal chart, but it&#8217;s close. Arco Arena, Cake El Distorto De Melodica, Everclear Love Is Like A Sunset (Part I), Phoenix Everloving, Moby Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, Smashing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdevelin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8834613&amp;post=111&amp;subd=mdevelin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/instrumentals/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/90c8cab7edd399c2e417cc6bbf0f8a6d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mike</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Dentists, discount rates, and objective functions</title>
		<link>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/dentists-discount-rates-and-objective-functions/</link>
		<comments>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/dentists-discount-rates-and-objective-functions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rumination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/?p=107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to the dentist today, which (as expected) was miserable with the promise of more misery to come should I choose to accept their challenge. It strikes me that going to the dentist is weird in that it is a substantial negative on all three typical scales: it&#8217;s time-consuming, expensive, and uncomfortable. Indeed, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdevelin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8834613&amp;post=107&amp;subd=mdevelin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mdevelin.wordpress.com/2010/07/06/dentists-discount-rates-and-objective-functions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/90c8cab7edd399c2e417cc6bbf0f8a6d?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Mike</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
