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Education Reform
Another excellent RSA animated talk. Cue Carly Simon’s Nobody Does It Better, because nobody does. And it makes me feel sad for the rest. via Mark Frauenfelder @ Boing Boing.
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Tagged Beautiful, Boing Boing, Carly Simon, Culture, Education, How Stuff Works, Ken Robinson, Mark Frauenfelder, Opinion, Philosophy, RSA Animate, Smarts
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Exception to the Rule
On your birthday, you are allowed to set something on fire. Money, barbie dolls, dirt, you name it. The Make-Up – Center of the Earth* *This post was an excuse to post a song for my friend Brian who just … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Crane, Dirt, Education, Fire, How Stuff Works, Music, Opinion, Philosophy, Rules, The Make-Up
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Top Secret Durham Neighborhood Listserv Map
This post is about my top secret project that I’ve been working on for a few weekends. It was partly inspired by an eight year-old girl who went missing about a block from my house on January 7th. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged Bold, Design, Durham, Gwen McCarter, Knife City, Malcolm Gladwell, Maps, Opinion, Philosophy, Writing
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The History of American Political Opinion
Seems like a good time to post this. From the video’s creator: Using county-level data, I spatially and temporally interpolated presidential vote returns for the two major party candidates in each election from 1920-2008. The result illuminates the sometimes gradual, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Culture, David B. Sparks, Education, Future, GOOD, History, How Stuff Works, Morgan Clendaniel, Opinion, Philosophy, Politics, Scary, Technology
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Douglas Coupland’s Predictions for the Coming Decade
I read this a couple of months ago, but only now, in these early days of the new decade*, does it feel right to stamp out the ubiquitous optimism with some good doubt. Douglas Coupland, a Canadian curmudgeon, lists 45 predictions for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Culture, Curmudgeons, Douglas Coupland, Education, Food, Future, Futurism, Music, Opinion, Philosophy, Photobucket, Predictions, Scary, Singularity, Smarts, The Browser, The Globe and Mail, Thoughts, Wikipedia
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Christopher Hitchens on How to Make a Proper Cup of Tea
[image via The Thinking Blue] I envy Hitchens’ writing style. He takes confident chances with the language and they work. Now that “the holidays”—at their new-style Ramadan length, with the addition of Hanukkah plus the spur and lash of commerce—are … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Beautiful, Christopher Hitchens, Curmudgeons, Education, Food, History, How Stuff Works, John Lennon, Opinion, Paragraphs, Philosophy, Sentences, Skills, Slate, Smarts, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, Tea, The Browser, Thoughts, Words, Yoko Ono
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Jimi Trout’s Top 10 Yarn Tastings of 2010
Submitted by: Coraghessan A. Cat 1. STITCHES South Knitting Expo Yarn Tasting Atlanta, Georgia; www.knittinguniverse.com/stitches/south/ Easily the highlight of the 2010 yarn tasting season. This year’s 50g skeins were divine, featuring subtle hints of nepeta and lemon. Breathtaking. 2. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Adorbz, Art, Beautiful, Cats, Craft, Culture, Education, Funny, History, Humor, Jimi Trout, Jokes, Opinion, Philosophy, Smarts, Thoughts, Top 10, Trout Mask Replica, Yarn, Yarn Tastings
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Liz Selbst's Top 10 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice She Wanted to Give in 2010 but Bit Her Tongue Instead
10. if you’ve spent more than an hour on the internet researching symptoms, it’s time to stop reading and make a doctor’s appointment. 9. you can use your smartphone’s accelerometer to collect data on your sleep cycles. check out “smart … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Beautiful, Culture, Education, How Stuff Works, Liz Selbst, Opinion, Philosophy, Thoughts, Top 10, Wisdom
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The Cringe at the Heart of Christmas
[image via TV by the Numbers] Giles Fraser from the Guardian blasts it. Christmas can be a bad time for those of us with an allergy to all that Jesus-is-my-friend theology. As the angels sing, the eternal mystery pulsing through … Continue reading
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Tagged Animated GIFs, Baby Jesus, Christmas, Clint Eastwood, Discourse, Education, Giles Fraser, Ideas, If We Don't Remember Me, Jesus, Music, Omnipotence, Opinion, Philosophy, Religion, Shabazz Palaces, Smarts, The Browser, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, The Grinch, The Guardian, Theology, Thoughts
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Platypus Comic
[via Happle Tea] I was going to have an all high-brow week, but there’s not enough time for all that. I have laundry to fold and puppies to scold. [via Fumes]
