Category: Links Dump

Yahhhhhhh: Canadian PSAs Are Clearly Not Messing Around Canadians are terrifying (tags: video youtube television Canada) “Dinosaur Mummy” Found; Has Intact Skin, Tissue A surprisingly intact hadrosaur provides all sorts of interesting information (tags: biology dinosaurs news science) Why do high school seniors drink? “New study identifies 4 major motivators to drink alcohol — 1… Continue reading links for 2007-12-05

Ralph Asher Alpher – Physics Today December 2007 A very nice obituary (tags: astronomy physics) Chemical & Engineering News – ACS News – Class Of 2006 Salaries And Jobs The overall situation is pretty good, but Ph.D. Salaries dropped somewhat. (tags: chemistry academia news jobs) MIT sculpts 3-D particles with light Rapid production off micron… Continue reading links for 2007-12-04

Hamlet – The Text Adventure “It’s so unfair! You’re in trouble again, just because you called your uncle – or rather, your new stepfather, Claudius – a usurping git.” (tags: games internet literature silly) YouTube – The Killers – Don’t Shoot Me Santa Silly spoof Christmas song video, featuring Brandon Flowers in a tragic sweater.… Continue reading links for 2007-12-03

Amazon.com: Uranium Ore: Electronics “When mixed with Tuscan whole milk I gained the power to control deceased woodland creatures. I am now in the process of raising an army of undead wombats to overthrow the government from deep within my volcanic lair. “ (tags: silly internet) FilmChat: Philip Pullman — the extended e-mail interview Phillip… Continue reading links for 2007-12-02

The Washington Monthly “It turns out that the only thing these GOP voters hated more than helping the poor was being told that it’s wrong to torture people.” Whee! (tags: politics US) The Wetzel plan – NCAA Football – Yahoo! Sports This is far too sensible to ever happen. (tags: football sports stupid) Off the… Continue reading links for 2007-12-01

Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education – Inside Higher Ed :: Spray-Painting Pynchon “The quality of them is not the greatest. This is obviously not a professional tagger,” he said. “English majors and graffiti artists generally don’t seem to be the same demographic.” (tags: silly literature books academia)

Lucas: More evidence of the talent gap between the Big Ten and ACC “Instead of the annual bloodletting, otherwise known as the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, maybe a Big Ten/MEAC Challenge would help bolster the ego” (tags: basketball) Spoof London Underground Announcements – Emma Clarke Voiceover and Writer “We’d like to remind our American tourist friends… Continue reading links for 2007-11-29

John Cusack | The A.V. Club “You try to make it as good as you can, but with an action movie or whatever it is, you’re doing it so you can get leverage to go do Grace Is Gone or whatever these other ones are. So there’s a ceiling on how good you can make… Continue reading links for 2007-11-28

Alliance Announces 2nd Annual High School Essay Contest | Alliance For Science Write about evolution, win money (if you’re a high school student, anyway). (tags: science education biology politics) Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education – Inside Higher Ed :: Benefits for Pets, Not Partners A new low in contemptuous policies towards… Continue reading links for 2007-11-27

outside the (toy) box » Little Man. Watching My Son’s Socialization. or “Gender – it’s wicked constructed” Gender socialization through toys. (tags: gender society toys) Giro.org » The Big Scary Idea A modest proposal for bringing the SF magazines into the Century of the Fruitbat (tags: books SF) Looking for ‘Green’ Lights in the Suburbs… Continue reading links for 2007-11-26