Home » Archive

Articles in the Numbers Category

Featured, Headline, Numbers »

[21 Jan 2012 | One Comment | ]
La Nina and its Effects on Snow Conditions at Whistler-Blackcomb

When I was living in BC I remember getting an email from Whistler-Blackcomb promoting their EDGE card before the ski season had even begun…the unexpected thing about this email was they referenced the La Nina phenomena as reason to expect more-than-average snow fall for the season. So I asked myself, “How reliable of an indicator is the ENSO for snow fall at Whistler”?

Featured, Numbers »

[5 Oct 2011 | Comments Off on Inkjet vs Laser Printer Costs for University Students | ]
Inkjet vs Laser Printer Costs for University Students

Now that I am a student again I have a compulsive need to print things. A professor sends out class notes in pdf? I need to print it. Solutions to assignments? I need to print it. An email sent out saying this week’s class is cancelled? I need to print it. My lack of a printer led me to do some analysis to see if it was worth the money to buy an inkjet or laser printer.