How to Read Your Electric Meter

I was curious as to what my instantaneous electrical usage was. Unfortunately, most resources I found online, such as WikiHow and various blog posts only told me how to reach the current usage on an analog electric meter.
Make the United States Number One (Alphabetically)

Inspired by the Clickhole/Onion article “Embarrassing: The U.S. Is Ranked 182nd In The World Alphabetically” I decided to take action.
Case Study: Facebook Boost Post

I’ve run a few Facebook ads before, never spending more than a couple bucks and never with much success - either in terms of views, likes, or clicks. Inspired by this blog post on MerchInformer.com, I decided to expand my audience beyond the United States.
Is a Time Series Correlated with its Future Self?

I’ve recently been studying time series analysis and was curious as to whether a time series is correlated with its future self (or past self, as the case may be). This thought came about when studying stock market prediction: the best predictor for the stock market would be a crystal ball that told you the future values.
