Category: Links Dump

The Blog : How to Get Your Book Published in 6 (Painful) Steps : Sam Harris “The process of getting a nonfiction book published by a mainstream publisher–as distinct from an academic press, or a smaller, independent publisher–is quite straightforward. This is not to say that most people understand this process, or that success is… Continue reading Links for 2011-04-06

Surviving the World – Lesson 921 – Offense I’m offended. (tags: comics surviving-world pictures culture silly) The birth of electromagnetism (1820) | Skulls in the Stars “It is oddly fitting that the birth of electromagnetism, and an entirely new direction in physics, started with the tiniest twitch of a compass needle.  In the year 1820,… Continue reading Links for 2011-04-05

Jonah Lehrer on Problems With SATs, GREs, the NFL Combine and Other Performance Tests | Head Case – WSJ.com “We live in a society obsessed with maximum performance. Think of exams like the SAT and the GRE. Though these tests take only a few hours, they’re supposed to give schools and companies a snapshot of… Continue reading Links for 2011-04-03

How to Get Tenure at Almost Every Other Research University | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine A useful counterpoint to Sean’s post about tenure at top-tier research universities. (tags: academia jobs blogs science physics cosmic-variance) A Lament for Diana Wynne Jones « Bookselling with Granger “One of the pillars of bookselling is to answer this… Continue reading Links for 2011-04-01

COLUMN — American workers got what they deserved – Holland, MI – The Holland Sentinel “So you’re an American employee. Maybe you make car parts. Maybe you’re an engineer or designer. Maybe you’re an accountant, store clerk or tradesman. Whatever you do, you’re probably stupid or lazy. Yes, I wrote it, and I mean it.… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-31

No Cox please, we’re British… « In the Dark “The problem with Wonders of the Universe is betrayed by its title. The word “wonders” suggests that the Universe is wonder-ful, or even, in a word which has cropped up in the series a few times, “awesome”. No authentic British person would ever use the word… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-30

Nascence at Tobias Buckell Online “New York Times Bestseller Tobias S. Buckell has published 45 short stories in various magazines and anthologies. But in the process of learning how to sell those 45, he wrote over 100 short stories that failed in a variety of ways while learning the craft. In Nascence, he reprints 17… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-29

Crankitude: A Quick Glossary. In the Pipeline: “I get probably more than my share of come-ons for various wonder-healing potions. For some reason, people see that I talk about drug discovery and think that I’m sure to be interested in homeopathic wonder water, magnetic healotronic belt buckles, or what have you. I am not. Well,… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-28

little chief honeybee.: Life’s Too Short for the Wrong Job One of the cleverest ad campaigns ever. (tags: advertising world pictures culture blogs)

Smaller government, smaller dreams, smaller people | slacktivist “Consider this account of the rebuilding and re-engineering of Galveston. Consider the scope and audacity of the project — the cost, the labor, the years it took. Does any American city, or America itself, still have the courage, vision or capacity to attempt such a thing? I… Continue reading Links for 2011-03-25