In comments to my previous fundraising incentive offer, tceisele asks a good question: Just out of curiosity: if you will read “The God Delusion” for $1000 [in donations], how much will it cost just to get you to stab yourself with a fork? (based on my statement that I’d rather stab myself with a fork… Continue reading Give ‘Till It Hurts
links for 2007-10-17
Crooked Timber » » Political science and economics High-level discussion of the economics Nobel (tags: Nobel economics politics academia) Mixing Memory : Women in Math, Science, and Engineering: Is It About the Numbers (And Not the Ones You Might Think)? Notes on the science of “social identity threat.” (tags: psychology science gender academia) Likelihood of… Continue reading links for 2007-10-17
Gingerbread Haka
Via a mailing list, the Gingerbread Haka: If you don’t get the joke, there’s a video of the original below the fold, with bonus shirtless ruggers:
DonorsChoose: Better Viewing for Students
Continuing the theme of highlighting the occasional particularly worthy proposal, have a look at “Better Viewing for Students”, which pretty much encapsulates everything you need to know about the reasons for the fundraising drive. The proposal is asking for money to buy an overhead projector for classroom use– not a computer projector, an old-school overhead.… Continue reading DonorsChoose: Better Viewing for Students
Dorky Poll: Science Power!
OK, the monkey business may have been a little too abstract for a good audience participation entry. So let’s fall back on a classic: What science-related superpower would you most like to have? Because this is a Dorky Poll, “science-related superpower” here means a supernatural ability that is useful for doing science. Because battling crime… Continue reading Dorky Poll: Science Power!
Redecorating ScienceBlogs
ScienceBlogs has just redesigned the main site. Sort of. The change is subtle enough that you might not notice it– the only real difference on the front page is that the “channel” list has been reorganized– it’s now slightly shorter, and some old channels have been combined into new ones. There are two practical advantages… Continue reading Redecorating ScienceBlogs
links for 2007-10-16
Edge-Serpentine Gallery: FORMULAE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY Equations as art objects (via Cosmic Variance) (tags: science art blogs) Marginal Revolution: Mechanism Design for Grandma The Economics Nobel explained (tags: economics Nobel news)
Make Me Suffer (for Charity)
At the time of this writing (about 8:20 on Monday), my DonorsChoose challenge entry stands at $2,802, nearly double last year’s take. That’s outstanding, and I thank everyone who contributed. Of course, I set a Challenge goal of $6,000, which means we’re not quite halfway there. Which means I need to come up with some… Continue reading Make Me Suffer (for Charity)
Non-Dorky Poll: Monkey Power!
This is the famous carving of the Three Wise Monkeys on the stable at the Nikko Tosho-gu: Looking at that suggests a possible question for a non-dorky poll, analogous to the dork classic “what superpower would you want?”: If you could go through life either seeing no evil, hearing no evil, or speaking no evil,… Continue reading Non-Dorky Poll: Monkey Power!
Announcing the Uncertain Principles Physics Scholarship Program
In the spirit of the newly clarified regulations governing the Academic Competitiveness Grant and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grant Programs administered by the Department of Education, I am pleased to announce the Uncertain Principles Physics Scholarship Program. Under this program, I pledge to personally pay the full tuition for any… Continue reading Announcing the Uncertain Principles Physics Scholarship Program