Category: Links Dump

YouTube – ‪Slightly less than two drinks (cut from That Mitchell and Webb Look S04E04)‬‏ “You must never drink any more than slightly less than two drinks. Beyond that state of mildly intoxicated perfection lies drunken madness, 3rd pints, kebabs, and destruction.” (tags: booze silly comedy video youtube culture) The Slacktiverse: Faith and Hope, 20%… Continue reading Links for 2011-07-02

Confessions of a Community College Dean: Spiked Cities “Having followed [Richard] Florida on twitter for a while, I’ve noticed that his position goes beyond noting creative clusters. There’s a general pro-urban, anti-suburban flavor to his thought. Add a few bike paths and a vibrant gay community, and you’ve pretty much found his recipe for growth.… Continue reading Links for 2011-07-01

YouTube – ‪Wits with Neil Gaiman, Adam Savage, and Gollum: “I Will Survive”‬‏ The Internet is a very, very strange place. (tags: silly internet video music movies television) Confessions of a Community College Dean: Yes, College is Worth It “One way to test the truth of the proposition that college isn’t worth it is to… Continue reading Links for 2011-06-30

Chuck Klosterman on Led Zeppelin’s last stand – Grantland “4:52 to 5:24: brrrrrrringgggggg … brrrrrrrrrringggggggg “Hello?” “Hi. Is this John Paul Jones?” “Yes. Yes it is. Why are you calling me in the middle of this song?” “I just noticed you had a telephone on your keyboard, so I thought I’d give you a buzz.… Continue reading Links for 2011-06-29

But it doesn’t move! | The Renaissance Mathematicus “All in all to believe in heliocentricity at the beginning of the 17th century was literally an act of blind faith and those that opposed it did so on solid scientific grounds and not purely out of some sense of religious bigotry as is often claimed by… Continue reading Links for 2011-06-28

Swans on Tea » Copy … Riiiight “The argument that copyright takes away your right to say what you want is a bunch of bull. If you are using a copyrighted piece of work, they aren’t your words, so any kind of protections for the originator of those words doesn’t stop you from saying what… Continue reading Links for 2011-06-24

Video Breakdown: Khan and Kinematics | Wired Science | Wired.com “So my quick take – Khan Academy is a textbook video. Are textbooks new? No. Are they the best thing for students? No. Should we ban textbooks in all forms? I don’t think so. What about other aspects of Khan Academy videos? How are they based… Continue reading Links for 2011-06-23

About SETIstars.org | SetiStars Blog “SETIstars is an initiative by the SETI Institute to recognize and rally support from the community to help fund the SETI Institute’s operations and that of the Allen Telescope Array. It serves as a place to galvanize community action with clearly defined fundraising goals as well as a place to… Continue reading Links for 2011-06-21

Minneapolis “[Don] Rawitsch, a lanky, bespectacled 21-year-old with hair well over his ears, was both a perfectionist and an idealist. He started dressing as historical figures in an attempt to win over his students, appearing in the classroom as explorer Meriwether Lewis. By now he’d made it through to the western expansion unit, and he… Continue reading Links for 2011-06-20

Why The Atlantic’s Article On New Age Medicine Is Wrong – Matthew Herper – The Medicine Show – Forbes “What bothers me most about Freedman’s argument is that he comes so close to being right. I actually agree that the success of alternative medicine is the result of mainstream medicine’s failure. But it’s not that… Continue reading Links for 2011-06-19