Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Quote of the day -- William vanden Heuvel quoting F.D.R.

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Speaking about F.D.R., he said: "When will we again have a President who says, Don't judge me by what I do for those who have mu...

Stay south of the Haimish Line

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Good NYTimes editorial today by David Brooks.

Quote of the day -- Sun Tzu

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Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before the defeat.
Monday, August 29, 2011

Grading Graders on a Curve

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How do you correct for easy and hard graders? One suggestion is to normalize the grades of graders -- that way they can give whatever grade...

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

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Signaling/Countersignaling

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Good article about countersignaling , which my friend Charlie Griffith described as "being cool." via LessWrong

The Overlearning the Game Problem

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What happens when a process becomes game-ified to the point where it no longer serves it's original purpose? From Andrew on Everythin...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Quote of the day -- Sue DeRoos CPO®

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Everyone gets organized at some point, they just might not be around for it. -- Susan DeRoos CPO®
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Information consumes attention: focus in the age of abundant stimulus

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In New York magazine, Sam Anderson ponders economist Herbert A. Simon's 1971 thoughts on the economics of attention: "What informat...

Quote of the day -- Leo Tolstoy

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"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simp...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Street Fighting Mathematics

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http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/full_pdfs/Street-Fighting_Mathematics.pdf
Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Where Children Sleep

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From James Mollison

Westward Expansion visualized by Post Offices

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Posted: Visualizing US expansion through post offices. from Derek Watkins on Vimeo .

I Heart Vi Hart

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And you should, too. You can follow her: on Facebook , on Youtube , or on RSS .

ROCK SCULPTURE ON THE BOULDER CREEK

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Quote of the day -- Albert Einstein

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In 1931, the pamphlet One Hundred Authors Against Einstein was published by Philipp Lenard (1862–1947) and 99 others. As Einstein remarked...

Slow. Motion. Owl.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Metropolis II by Chris Burden (the movie)

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Monday, August 1, 2011

The Perfect Beach Vacation - Beach Angel Commercial by Travelocity

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Since we're going to Cape Cod soon.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Look at that

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