May 2012
1 post
What They Don't Tell You at Graduation [via... →
This advice, though somewhat jaded, is right on. Welcome to the real world.
April 2012
2 posts
WatchTinker Hatfield talks about the influence of architecture (specifically the Pompidou Centre in Paris) on the design of the Nike Air Max 1 [Respect the Architects (by Thomas Prudon)]
Wind Map →
March 2012
3 posts
How Companies Learn Your Secrets - NYTimes.com →
Researchers Boycott Elsevier Journal Publisher -... →
In case you missed it... Clint Dempsey scores as... →
February 2012
4 posts
WatchCephalopods are the coolest…
This is why you should be listening to Polica... →
Breaking news: A look behind the curtain of the... →
January 2012
1 post
[Viz] USDA New plant hardiness zone map (WaPo) →
Cool interactive slider that shows how climate has changed plant zones in recent history. (via Chart Porn)
December 2011
2 posts
Digital access to Newton's notebooks and papers →
November 2011
2 posts
YESSSSSS!... Fugazi Live Series - A Post-Punk... →
A critical look at review papers: "Cigarette... →
October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
2 posts
WatchMarshmallows and the middle
July 2011
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June 2011
1 post
Minnesota Grown – Minnesota Farmers Markets and... →
May 2011
8 posts
Como Planetarium Event - A Global Water Story...
A Global Water Story Tuesday, May 24 at 8 p.m. Como Planetarium, Saint Paul, MN Hosted by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Gates Planetarium and the Minnesota Planetarium Society Plunge into a national conversation about local and global water issues at this premier event for the new NOAA funded Worldviews Network. Typically the Planetarium is used to study space, but its capabilities...
Professor Deeply Hurt by Student's Evaluation |... →
Is teacher evaluation statistical voodoo? (well,... →
The Fragile Success of School Reform in the Bronx... →
Definitely worth a read, especially if you haven’t been in a school like this before.
Why being a foodie isn’t ‘elitist’ - The... →
Eric Schlosser makes a case for being a foodie, but not a snobbie.
April 2011
11 posts
Meltdown: Big Issues: GQ →
If “Three Mile Island” makes you think “Three Eyed Fish,” you need to read this.
While the disaster in Japan is devastating, and even greater risk is posed by the psychological opposition to nuclear power that it is engendering.
“In the aftermath of the meltdown, the number of Americans who support nuclear-power plants has dropped from a high of 70 percent...
Dodging the Pension Disaster > Publications >... →
(via Instapaper)
Dodging the Pension Disaster > Publications >... →
“Even though we are just starting to recover from the Great Recession, another fiscal crisis lurks around the corner. What we need now are serious reforms — plans that focus on the underlying causes of pensions’ excessive costs and excessive risks. The good news is that the looming pension meltdown is still within our power to avert. The question is whether lawmakers and public workers...
Belief In Climate Change Hinges On Worldview : NPR →
[Video] David Brooks: The social animal | TED →
In case you missed him last week. His delivery was much better in person, probably because of the TED time limits…
[visualization] What Congress Would Look Like If... →
Roger Ebert's Glossary of Movie terms →
This is pretty amazing.
[via Merlin Mann]
The Times Higher Education World University... →
March 2011
3 posts
Bare-breasted Venus on MIA's Titian billboard... →
The Starbucks Cup Dilemma →
Cedar Grove is a best-case answer to the question of what happens when waste leaves your hand. This question has been obsessing Seattle’s second-largest company because of an object that’s sitting at the corner of my desk (and millions of others) right now, in a sweaty puddle of guilt: a single-use paper cup.
(via Instapaper)
February 2011
9 posts
Op-Ed Contributor - Mind Over Mass Media -... →
(via Instapaper)
Snowclone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
Train 100,000 Science and Math Teachers? Obama... →
(via Instapaper)
How to reinvent higher education. - By Steven... →
(via Instapaper)
Teach for America: 5 Myths That Persist 20 Years... →
“The sciences of the mind can also provide a sounder conception of what the mind...”
– How to Get Inside a Student’s Head - New York Times
