Category: Links Dump

Philosoraptor "John McCain has revealed that his apparent choice of Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running-mate was, as many observers predicted, a carefully-staged hoax." (tags: US politics stupid blogs silly)

Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Stories / Shade by Steven Gould Teleporteurs sans frontieres. (tags: SF stories) Search Magazine – On God P.J. O’Rourke does his best Gregg Easterbrook impression. (tags: science religion stupid) Built on Facts : Falling from Heaven " If my opinion is worth anything though, I think classic literature… Continue reading links for 2008-08-30

Shtetl-Optimized » Blog Archive » Can we? "I’d like propose the following question: what non-obvious things can nerds who are so inclined do to help the Democrats win in November? " (tags: politics US society culture computing internet) I Watched This On Purpose: Bio-Dome | The A.V. Club "Bio-Dome doesn’t exist to please critics or… Continue reading links for 2008-08-29

America Needs To Have A Superficial Conversation About Race | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source "The time for vagueness is now." (tags: race politics silly internet US diversity society culture) The Energy Challenge – Wind Energy Bumps Into Power Grid’s Limits – Series – NYTimes.com “We still have a third-world grid,” Mr. Richardson… Continue reading links for 2008-08-28

Street Corner Science with Leon Lederman | ScienCentral In which a Nobel laureate answers science questions on the streets of Manhattan. (tags: science physics education video internet society culture) ‘Physics for Future Presidents’ :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, Views and Jobs IHE interviews Richard Muller about his book (tags: physics… Continue reading links for 2008-08-27

How to get a college roommate you can live with First and foremost, don’t be a jerk yourself. (tags: academia education social-science psychology news) Want to Lower the Drinking Age? Hope You Like Spam :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education’s Source for News, Views and Jobs MADD– all class, all the way. (tags: academia… Continue reading links for 2008-08-26

Evolving Thoughts: The real Olympic performers "[U]sing the Wikipedia population figures and the official medal tally, I plotted gold medals per million population and medals overall per million population" (tags: sports blogs silly) Why You Should Turn Gmail s SSL Feature On Now – Webmonkey "Browser Connection" in your GMail settings– set it to "Always… Continue reading links for 2008-08-25

DFL: Getting to the Games: A Reality Check "A common misconception — a result, no doubt, of the countless stories about Eddie the Eagle and Eric the Eel — is that it’s not that hard to qualify for the Olympics, if you pick your sports and countries shrewdly." (tags: sports blogs) Methodist advocates evolution |… Continue reading links for 2008-08-24

Great Olympic moments on YouTube "One of the best ways to watch the Olympics is to chase down all the references made by NBC’s commentators on YouTube and watch them in addition to (or instead of) the regular telecast. " (tags: video sports youtube history)

Cocktail Party Physics: calculus is craptastic "Few science bloggers have the good fortune to write off a Vegas trip as "research", but that’s exactly what it was: my next book for Penguin is all about my experiences as a former English major learning calculus, inspired by a series of blog posts I wrote in 2006.… Continue reading links for 2008-08-22