Railbird 2004–2019

Links for 2009-03-22

• A Pioneer Woman Jockey Recalls Her Tough Ride to the Finish Line
  Profile and photos of Barbara Jo Rubin, the first female jockey to win a race, and the first to ride in New York (headline from March 11, 1969 NYT: "Girl Jockeys Are Invading the Big A"). Rubin won seven of her first 10 races.
  (tags: horseracing jockeys history women)
• Deciding How to Decide
  Every handicapper knows this — "Seed: So you can overanalyze a situation? JL: Definitely. I talk in the book about a study involving strawberry jam, where the more people think about which jam they prefer, the less accurate their preferences become."
  (tags: decision-making judgement neuroscience)
• The New York Times's 10 Rules For Blogging
  Fussy. Fusty. Too concerned with balance. Still valuable.
  (tags: media blogging rules style new-york-times)

Posted by Delicious in Miscellany on 03/22/2009 @ 6:00 am / Follow @railbird on Twitter