I’m sitting at the computer, reading blogs, when the dog comes up to me. “Hey, can I ask a question?” she says. “Sure, go ahead.” “What’s the deal with evolution?” “Evolution, huh? Well, I’m not a biologist, you understand, but the basic idea is that every creature we see today originated from simple creatures of… Continue reading Evolution of the Best
Month: February 2008
Dispatches from the Class War
Via Inside Higher Ed, the Boston Globe reports that the Pentagon opposes increasing GI Bill funding. Why? Because if they gave them full tuition, eligible soldiers might not re-enlist: Now, five years into the Iraq conflict, a movement is gathering steam in Washington to boost the payout of the GI Bill, to provide a true… Continue reading Dispatches from the Class War
links for 2008-02-11
Clothes Make Working for the Man Easier A better take on academic dress. (tags: academia society) Gotta do this « Confused at a higher level I want those flip books… (tags: physics education academia science) Deltoid: Bed Nets and artemisinin dramatically decrease malaria Good news from and for Africa. (tags: biology drugs society disease) On… Continue reading links for 2008-02-11
Boskone 45 Schedule
Kate and I will be attending Boskone agains next week, and the preliminary program has been posted. Kate’s posted her thoughts on what looks interesting, and mine are below the fold:
links for 2008-02-10
Book Vs. Film Special Mega Bonus Edition: I Am Legend | The A.V. Club An exhaustive discussion of four movie adaptations of Richard Matheson’s novella. (tags: books movies SF) 5 Retro Commercials Companies Would Like You to Forget | Cracked.com “Come with us on a magical adventure of sexism, racism and fun!” (tags: gender history… Continue reading links for 2008-02-10
“Keep Your Hands to Yourself” Covers
In the middle of reviewing the top ten songs from Feb 7, 1987, which includes the Georgia Satellites at #7, Jason Hare offers us a list: Artists I’d Like To Hear Cover “Keep Your Hands to Yourself”: Andrea Bocelli Barbra Streisand Anita Baker Smokey Robinson Tom Waits Beverly Sills Glass Tiger Maybe it’s the cold… Continue reading “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” Covers
links for 2008-02-09
Pure Pedantry : Friday Rants: People Bill Hicks: “We’re a virus with shoes.” (tags: blogs society stupid silly) YouTube – Gnarls Barkley Crazy Theremin Jam A cover of “Crazy” with the vocals replaced by a theremin. (tags: music video youtube) A Call for Professional Attire :: Inside Higher Ed :: Jobs, News and Views for… Continue reading links for 2008-02-09
Cross-Linking and Statistics
Henry Farrell is doing some substantive political science blogging over at the Monkey Cage, looking at a paper by his co-blogger Eszter Hargittai and her colleagues. They did a really imprssive amount of work to look at the linking habits of liberal and conservative bloggers, and Henry zeroes in on one of the findings in… Continue reading Cross-Linking and Statistics
Non-Dorky Poll: One Movie to Share
I’m currently serving as one of the faculty members involved with a new-ish residential life initiative aimed at raising the intellectual tone around campus. A big part of this is trying to get faculty members to do things in the campus housing spaces. This has all the logistical hassles you would expect, as so we’re… Continue reading Non-Dorky Poll: One Movie to Share
links for 2008-02-08
birds are gross – rosemary mosco The awesome turkey vulture. (tags: comics biology science silly) nanoscale views: Combined single-molecule electronics and optics “The two-sentence summary: we can do simultaneous electronic and optical measurements on single molecules (!) by using our electrodes as optical antennas. This opens up lots of science to be done as well… Continue reading links for 2008-02-08