The Simbla blog recently wrote an appreciation of Ig Nobel Prize winner John Trinkaus [pictured here receiving his prize at the ceremony]:
When I was doing my post on the Ig Nobel prizes I came across the story of John Trinkaus. As someone who frequently ponders things out loud and then gets told he thinks too much I felt an instant affinity for the emeritus professor at the Zicklin School of Business. The similarities end there however. Where I muse, Trinkaus measures. Where I ponder, Trinkaus proposes, plans and purposefully puts into action….
Simbla also a wrote longish appreciation of the Igs in general.