Wind powered land mine removal

http://vimeo.com/51887079

The Stick Dance Math Cooperative

150 Years ago today

On Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.

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Quote of the day - Aristotle

"The fool persuades me with his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own."

Tablet for < $50 from India

http://qz.com/26244/how-a-20-tablet-from-india-could-finish-off-pc-makers-educate-billions-and-transform-computing-as-we-know-it/

Game on, Google.

Skittles Sorting Machine 2

PSY - Gangnam Style (Acoustic Cover by Ra-On) 강남스타일 어쿠스틱

Singularity Chess

http://abstractstrategygames.blogspot.com/2010/10/singularity-chess.html

To ask or not to ask

http://theplannedgivingblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/to-ask-or-not-that-is-the-million-dollar-planned-giving-question/?goback=%2Egde_1538517_member_176994637

N Is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdos

http://kottke.org/12/10/n-is-a-number-a-portrait-of-paul-erdos

The Elements of Computing Systems / Nisan & Schocken

http://www.nand2tetris.org/

The Maker

How to Pronounce Laphroaig

Generational Warfare: The Case Against Parasitic Baby Boomers - NationalJournal.com

Generational Warfare: The Case Against Parasitic Baby Boomers - NationalJournal.com

New comet might blaze brighter than the full Moon

New comet might blaze brighter than the full Moon

32 metronomes sync up

The Opening Statement - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/02/opinion/brooks-the-opening-statement.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212_20121002&_r=0

Once a Whiff, Always a Whiff

As We May Think

A wonderful essay by Vannevar Bush from the July 1945 Atlantic Magazine about how scientists should make the transition to peacetime research.

Conversation with Randall Munroe

As tempted as I am to just post every xkcd.com strip and his new "What If" column as well, I will just post the link to the Atlantic news article interviewing him.