Thursday, April 26, 2012

Batman

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Success

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From This is a Book by Demetri Martin

2012 JEFFERSON LECTURER Wendell E. Berry Lecture “It All Turns On Affection”

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http://www.neh.gov/about/awards/jefferson-lecture/wendell-e-berry-lecture

Efficiency vs. Resilience -- An analogy based on an essay by Chip Ward

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http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/174826/chip_ward_how_efficiency_maximizes_catastrophe A long academic essay by Chip Ward o...

Descriptive Camera

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A camera that records descriptions rather than images.

Patrick Stewart on Extras

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Books for kids

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67  books to read to your kids before they're 10. I have a long way to go, but I've read some of them.
Monday, April 23, 2012

Logical Fallacies Poster

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A printable   logical fallacy poster . (via @mrbadexample)
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Part of me doesn't care whether this is true or not

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Rockets. Rockets! ROCKETS! http://www.spacex.com/usa.php And, did I mention Rockets? Let's build stuff and shoot it into space.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012

NYTimes: Argentina to Seize Control of Oil Company

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"The expropriation would reassert state control over a pillar of Argentina's economy but also increase diplomatic tensions with Sp...
Monday, April 16, 2012

Primer - Full Movie

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NIce summary on the substance of usage arguments

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Language usage is and should be a battleground.  Our task is to make the conflict fruitful.  To do this, we need to understand what precise...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Fwd: Will Lacrosse ever go mainstream? -- from this month's The Atlantic

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http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/print/2012/04/will-lacrosse-ever-go-mainstream/255690/

Atlantic Facebook Article

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Is Facebook making us lonely? Probably. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/8930/
Monday, April 9, 2012

An Invocation for Beginnings

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John Cleese on Creativity

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    http://vimeo.com/18913413
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Writing advice from C.S. Lewis

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From Letters of Note -- 1. Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn...
Monday, April 2, 2012

Wind Map

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http://hint.fm/wind/
Friday, March 30, 2012

Quote of the day -- Sir Edmund Hillary

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"For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Harvard Business Review -- lessons of Steve Jobs

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From HBR : 1. Focus 2. Simplify 3. Take Responsibility End to End 4. When Behind, Leapfrog 5. Put Products Before Profits 6. Don’...