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:
Author: Chad Orzel
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
I Like Toast
“Hey, whatcha doin’?” “Making breakfast.” “I don’t know if you know this, but I like toast.” “Really? You don’t say.” “Was that sarcasm? I’m not so good with sarcasm.” “No, I just never would’ve guessed from the way you gaze longingly at the counter every morning…” “OK, that’s definitely sarcasm.” “Or the way you lick… Continue reading I Like Toast
links for 2008-02-07
John Cleese | The A.V. Club “The A.V. Club recently had a loose, freewheeling conversation with the comedy icon about the flaws in Monty Python films, roles accepted and rejected, James Bond, the shortcomings of organized religion and studio executives, and why he doesn’t much care (tags: movies silly society culture) Dark matter may not… Continue reading links for 2008-02-07
Good News, Bad News
The good news: the first UNC-Duke game of the year is tonight. It’s a little less interesting than it might be, as Carolina guard Ty Lawson has a sprained ankle and the Tar Heels are nowhere near as good without him, but it’s still likely to be a good game, and the atmosphere is always… Continue reading Good News, Bad News