{"id":3262,"date":"2008-12-30T04:00:22","date_gmt":"2008-12-30T04:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2008\/12\/30\/links-for-20081230\/"},"modified":"2008-12-30T04:00:22","modified_gmt":"2008-12-30T04:00:22","slug":"links-for-20081230","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/12\/30\/links-for-20081230\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2008-12-30"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pontiff\/2008\/12\/a_curmudgeons_and_improvs_guid.php\">The Quantum Pontiff : A Curmudgeon&#8217;s and Improv&#8217;s Guide to Outliers: Introduction<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Gladwell&#8217;s books are fun, but I find myself often disagreeing with his analysis, so I thought it would be entertaining to take my time reading his latest and jot down my thoughts as I progress. &quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/social-science\">social-science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/medicine\">medicine<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dotphys.net\/2008\/12\/throwing-a-football-part-ii\/\">Throwing a football with air resistance &#8211; angle for maximum range | Dot Physics<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;When throwing a football, there is some air resistance this means that 45 degree is not necessarily the angle for the greatest range. Well, can&#8217;t I just do the same thing as before? It turns out that it is a significantly different problem when air resistance is added. Without air resistance, the acceleration was constant. Not so now, my friend.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/football\">football<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2207553\/?from=rss\">Slate&#8217;s taxonomy of Hollywood Holocaust movies. &#8211; By Ben Crair &#8211; Slate Magazine<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;One way to measure the approach of the new year is to count the Holocaust films at your local multiplex. The holidays arrive just as studios begin wooing academy members with serious dramas, and there&#8217;s nothing more serious than genocide. &quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/movies\">movies<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/history\">history<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/war\">war<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/evil\">evil<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/blog\/article\/00001789\/\">From the &quot;playing with particle accelerators&quot; department &#8211; The Planetary Society Blog | The Planetary Society<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Thanks to ilbasso over at unmannedspaceflight.com for posting a link to this cool video showing what happens when you point a particle beam (a small one) at a Webcam. &quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/astronomy\">astronomy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/physics\">physics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/video\">video<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/particles\">particles<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/youtube\">youtube<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/farside\/pool\/with\/1479579121\/\">Flickr: The Far side Reenactments Pool<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Some people have way too much free time&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/comics\">comics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/pictures\">pictures<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/internet\">internet<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mlade.org\/\">MLAde 2008<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">A series of letters on the current academic job market, to lift the spirits of people not getting jobs at the MLA.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/academia\">academia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/humanities\">humanities<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/jobs\">jobs<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/insidehighered.com\/views\/2008\/12\/29\/segal\">The Committee Is Now in Session :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education&#8217;s Source for News, Views and Jobs<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Ah, the end of the semester &#8212; the students are wending their way home; the papers are finished; it&#8217;s time to tuck in the final grades and turn my thoughts to some serious writing of my own and to Christmas shopping. 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