links for 2008-03-12

“During his 1969 concert at San Quentin prison, Johnny Cash proposed a paradigm shift in the field of developmental psychology. “

‘”What we’re trying to do is present the material in a more coherent way,” Beise said. “Students should be able to pick a theme and find courses in the sciences and humanities that are related.”‘

“The worthwhile problems are the ones you can really solve or help solve, the ones you can really contribute something to.”

A cheery little essay putting the housing market crash in context, and predicting a “bubble” in alternative energy.

Pandas!

What people thought was a water channel may just have been a landslide.

“Hallelujah, hallelujah, Joyfully we lark about…”

A few interesting results from the March Meeting, including some cool optical lattice stuff.