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Tag Archives: Education
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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Salmon Felix Stirs the Pot
Image via JHM. I’ve posted on Felix before. I just love this guy. He’s provocative in the very best ways. Here, he argues, Individuals are doing it, banks are doing it — faced with the horrific news and pictures from … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, How Stuff Works, Japan, Opinion, Reuters, Salmon Felix, Snow White, The Browser
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Everybody poops. Even airplanes.
Fogonazos has many more videos like this.
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Tagged Air Drop, Beautiful, Education, Fogonazos, How Stuff Works, Humvee, Scary, Technology, What is this I don't even
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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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Suns Out, Guns Out
It’s the law, and you must comply. [Animated JPG (?!) via GIF Party]
Knife City Renovations
Recently, I moved my blog’s host from wordpress.com to wordpress.org. Those three little letters can cause big headaches for a guy with no web developing experience. Bear with me as I try to sprint up this learning curve as fast … Continue reading
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Tagged Animated GIFs, Education, Julia Segal, Knife City Creamery, Marilyn Monroe, Some Like It Hot, Technology, Tumblr, Wordpress.com, Wordpress.org
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Caturday Crunchies
[via the Daily What]
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Tagged Animals, Bowls, Cats, Caturday, Crunchies, Daily What, Education, Funny, How Stuff Works, Music
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Be More Like Pittsburgh
This post has nothing to do with the NFL or sports. I don’t really even like sports. Only athletes. See the right hand column for my very favorites. Moving on to why Durham (or any place) should be more like … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful, Bicycles, Bridges, Culture, Design, Education, GOOD, Pittsburgh, Policy, Zachary Slobig
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You Tryna Get Real Depressed?
David Simon believes the children are our future. Thing is, David Simon hates children. Wait, that’s not true at all, but check out what dude says about their future. [image via Big Think] If you want details about our great … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, Big Think, Bill Moyers, David Simon, Education, Fixing the Economists, Future, Greed, How Stuff Works, The Wire
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Saying Bunghole is Presidential
Put This On has already unpacked this video so well that I won’t even try: In 1964, Lyndon Johnson needed pants, so he called the Haggar clothing company and asked for some. The call was recorded (like all White House … Continue reading
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Tagged 1964, Animation, Art, Bunghole, Deep Pockets, Design, Education, Fashion, Haggar, History, How Stuff Works, Lyndon B. Johnson, Pants, Politics, Put This On, Slacks, Tawd Dorenfeld, The Wire, White House, Wire Fences
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