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.
# 2011.11.25 – 20:34
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
# 2011.11.25 – 17:11
Why Stanford’s Free Online Education Experiment Is Booming – News – GOOD
The education revolution has begun.
# 2011.11.25 – 17:03
Dissolve My Nobel Prize! Fast! (A True Story) : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
# 2011.11.25 – 17:03
Leonardo’s To-Do List : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR
the tics of an increasingly hungry mind.
# 2011.11.25 – 16:18
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).
# 2011.11.25 – 10:47
Less Human Than Human: The Design Philosophy of Apple
Rips Apple’s “taste” in an incomprehensible academic jargony way.
# 2011.11.25 – 01:18
YouTube: BBC The Experiment – Prison Study – Podcast from Open University website
BBC The Experiment – Prison Study – Podcast from Open University website
# 2011.11.23 – 22:55
Giant Lego Man washes ashore in Florida
Love the ungrammatical “No real than you are”
# 2011.11.23 – 19:47
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.
# 2011.11.23 – 13:33
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.”
# 2011.11.23 – 09:03
Blog: Sabermetric Research: Research conclusions *have* to be bayesian
# 2011.11.23 – 08:54