Two videos worth watching…

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November 15, 2011

As a means to start the ball rolling again…after this long layoff from posting, I have a couple videos which are worth checking out (they are about as unrelated to each other as you could imagine).    


human rights…

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October 21, 2011
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Over the last several months I have run across online articles espousing the notion that online access, or even broadband access is an intrinsic human right. I recall that this has been put into law in Finland…where they still have far less than universal coverage on connectivity. If you ever read this bog, you might [...]


what I did on my summer vacation

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October 8, 2011
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I’ve taken time off the internet, sabbaticals from the computer, and a variety of other ways to unplug from the virtual world over the last couple of decades. My latest, (i.e. for almost all of this August and September) may be my longest, but certainly not the most painful. I remember back in the 90’s [...]


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tempus fugit

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October 2, 2011
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It’s October 2nd and since this post follows an August 1st hiatus (for a month…) it goes without saying that time flies. During my time off I have come to see that my attempts to curate a lot of interesting material may have been a worthwhile experience for me (to get a deeper understanding of [...]


Hiatus

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August 1, 2011

This is a quick note to let you know that this blog will be on hiatus of the month of August  


at the center of the Galaxy…

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July 31, 2011
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This is possibly the biggest poser which you may be confronted with today… The picture above (of the center of our galaxy) contains what looks like a ‘loop’ of gas 600 light years across (I said it may be the biggest after all). Herschel Telescope Sees a Twisted Ring at Our Galaxy’s Center http://www.universetoday.com/87616/herschel-telescope-sees-a-twisted-ring-at-our-galaxys-center Observations [...]


The future of energy storage…

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July 31, 2011
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There is a lot of interesting technical information here, about Graphene (which you will hear more and more about as time goes on…), of Nanotubes (you’ll be hearing more about this too…), and an overview of why batteries are a bit different from capacitors…even ultracapacitors. The bottom line is that these technologies are becoming more [...]


Does Writing Make Us Smarter?

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July 31, 2011

There is a lot to be said about the advantages of writing. There are various subtle modalities between writing with pen and paper and merely typing into a computer, but the idea is the same. To write, you are crystallizing your thoughts in a manner quite different from the evanescent way that the spoken language [...]


the history of Quantum Mechanics

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July 31, 2011

A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics
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iPad…or Godzilla?

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July 30, 2011
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There are some amazing things going on in the computer industry these days… as a barometer, if you were to look over the vast majority of the technology press, and its coverage of computers, you might surmise that Apple was the preeminent brand…for years. They sure have been making some leaps in technology, especially when [...]


Around the world with only $2.00 in your pocket

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July 30, 2011
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It is always great to see how people can do things which open up your mind… The idea of heading out to go around the world is a far cry from how most of us conduct our lives. Man Bikes Around the World With $2 in Pocket http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2009/09/18/man_bikes_around_the_world_wit If you think riding the stationary bike [...]


Brain Bugs…

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July 30, 2011
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There are a lot of interesting ideas in this book, ideas which relate to the idea of the mind as an emergent projection of the brain, the idea of brain plasticity (our ability to make social adaptations), and a sense of the history of how these changes have led us to where we are today…warts [...]


The Internet of Things

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July 30, 2011

This is an aspect of technology which many people are not aware of, but which may make some sense… As more and more devices gain ‘intelligence’ (that is, with a CPU, and connected to the internet) we may seen live in a world where virtually everything is ‘smart’ or ‘connected’. The time will come (relatively [...]


Owl declares war on man…

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July 29, 2011
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what should 21st century students learn?

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July 29, 2011

Finally, I’ve run across an article about 21st century education which makes some sense. Many of the 21st century teacher, 21st century student, 21st century classroom articles I have seen merely rubber stamp the same tropes (i.e. collaboration, use of technology, digital natives, etc.). All of these things, while fine in their own light, represent [...]


Things Your Kids May Never Know About

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July 29, 2011
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This is a great list of things changed in the last several decades which shows how much we have changed. 100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/07/100-things-your-kids-may-never-know-about There are some things in this world that will never be forgotten, this week’s 40th anniversary of the moon landing for one. But Moore’s Law and [...]


Kill Math!

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July 28, 2011
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I’ve been looking this initiative for several months now, and I think I understand it well enough to have a few things to say about it. First off, I think that it is incredibly valid. So much of Arithmetic and Mathematics (as taught in K-12, and even beyond) are focusing so much upon a grammar [...]


Why Does Beauty Exist?

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July 28, 2011
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I guess that I am a real sucker, when it comes to big questions. Delving into aesthetics (to define of debate various principles) is rather murky work at the best of times. This Wired article “Why does Beauty exist?” is possibly the fundamental underpinning of all of this. What do we need it, why did [...]


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