LEGO Great Ball Contraption (GBC) Layout 2012.9
Tradition and traditionalism
Tradition and traditionalism
“Traditionalists…seize on some aspect of a tradition and run with it in a way that may or may not be faithful to the living tradition”
# 2012.10.03 – 12:13
The Life of a Writer in Three Acts
The Life of a Writer in Three Acts
Carson Cistulli: “The Life of a Famous Writer is very similar to the above, except for the addition of a fourth act, in which the deceased author’s work is discovered and then hailed for its original style.”
# 2012.10.03 – 12:12
Blog: david-frum: Does Extreme Inequality Hurt Growth?
# 2012.10.02 – 09:55
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“Too often we compel our children to follow the most obvious paths, happy for them to become robotically focused doctors, scientists, lawyers, and similar “experts” or “technicians,” even as we tend to view the making of lots of money and the acquisition of a McMansion in a gated community as the measure of success and personal fulfillment. What we sometimes forget to foster, alas, is the desire for a life of mental adventure.”
# 2012.10.01 – 10:32
Blog: FanGraphs Baseball: Cespedes Not Missing
# 2012.10.01 – 10:22
How tickling a child connects parents and kids.
How tickling a child connects parents and kids.
“In the wild, chimpanzee infants will bite their mothers, who respond by tickling; the infants then bite their mothers again, which provokes more tickling; and so on. It’s a social dance: Tickling is the way we and the chimps establish, without words, that we’re in this thing together.”
# 2012.10.01 – 10:16
YouTube: Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
# 2012.10.01 – 10:10
Blog: The Body Odd: Why some of us refuse to face facts (yes, ‘birthers,’ that includes you)
# 2012.10.01 – 08:52
The Psych Approach – David Brooks
The Psych Approach – David Brooks
“In the past several decades, policy makers have focused on the material and bureaucratic things that correlate to school failure, like poor neighborhoods, bad nutrition, schools that are too big or too small. But, more recently, attention has shifted to the psychological reactions that impede learning — the ones that flow from insecure relationships, constant movement and economic anxiety.”
# 2012.09.30 – 14:47
A Belated Rant Against Literature as Philosophy
A Belated Rant Against Literature as Philosophy
“If a fiction writer…really has the philosophical goods, then chances are, you’re going to see it spelled out in actual treatises. If you don’t see this, then you’ve most likely got a philosophical debutante, a dabbler, someone who may be a great observer of human nature but can’t actually concoct a coherent theory or two to express these insights.”
# 2012.09.30 – 13:17
When Is The Best Time Of The Day To Blog?
# 2012.09.30 – 09:17
Reporting science: Journalistic deficit disorder | The Economist
Reporting science: Journalistic deficit disorder | The Economist
“The deflating follow-ups, by contrast, languished in more obscure publications, which hard-pressed hacks and quacks alike are less likely to read.”
# 2012.09.30 – 09:01
YouTube: Tyrell Carrigan 98 yard touchdown run
Tyrell Carrigan 98 yard touchdown run
# 2012.09.29 – 21:55
Blog: The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: Sexism In The Sciences
# 2012.09.28 – 12:22
YouTube: Splash Lab Science: Rock Skipping Tips and High Speed Photography
Splash Lab Science: Rock Skipping Tips and High Speed Photography
# 2012.09.28 – 11:55
Blog: Ezra Klein: Is Sweden awesome because it mooches off the U.S.?
# 2012.09.28 – 11:22