YouTube: Mieders Alpine Coaster (with no brakes!!)

Mieders Alpine Coaster (with no brakes!!)

Life began with a planetary mega-organism – life – 25 November 2011 – New Scientist

Interesting idea in that free cooperation may be more effective than competition in some contexts — especially in immature systems.

YouTube: The Bicycle Animation

The Bicycle Animation

Twitter: @pennjillette

pennjillette Oh my goodness. This is Kenny G and Miles Davis. I cannot imagine a better picture than this. I love this so much. http://t.co/t3cumFtr

Why Stanford’s Free Online Education Experiment Is Booming – News – GOOD

The education revolution has begun.

Dissolve My Nobel Prize! Fast! (A True Story) : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR

Leonardo’s To-Do List : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR

the tics of an increasingly hungry mind.

New like on tumblr: bronxbanter

New like on tumblr: bronxbanter

Dan Ariely » Blog Archive Flying Frustrations

With the original airport design, you walk ten minutes, but when you finally get to the carousel, your baggage gets there a minute after you (taking 11 minutes). In the other, you walk three minutes, but when you arrive you have to wait five minutes for your luggage (taking 8 minutes).

Less Human Than Human: The Design Philosophy of Apple

Rips Apple’s “taste” in an incomprehensible academic jargony way.

YouTube: BBC The Experiment – Prison Study – Podcast from Open University website

BBC The Experiment – Prison Study – Podcast from Open University website

Giant Lego Man washes ashore in Florida

Love the ungrammatical “No real than you are”

The Ultimate Thanksgiving Travel Guide [INFOGRAPHIC]

OAK has the lowest % of cancelled flights of any airport in the country. And yet, I’ve managed to have a cancelled flight out of OAK totally screw up my vacation.

Do things the long, hard, stupid way

Digital gift giving

Racism And Meritocracy | TechCrunch

The Academic Achievement Gap Between The Rich And Poor Is Double The Gap Between Whites And Blacks | ThinkProgress

“The income achievement gap is now nearly twice as large as the black-white achievement gap. Fifty years ago, in contrast, the black-white gap was one and a half to two times as large as the income gap.”

Blog: Sabermetric Research: Research conclusions *have* to be bayesian

‘The Umbrella Man’ – NYTimes.com

Blog: Wired Science: Tool Creep and the Psychology of Pepper Spray