[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Famous science fiction quotes in graph form [FlowingData] Photos: Divers explore Egyptian ruins [Science News] Relief for Gulf at least 2 months away with cut-and-cap oil well plan [Science News] The best hope for stopping the [...]
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Monthly Archives May 2010
Link(s): Sun, May 30th, 1pm to Mon, May 31st, 10am
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Squares [Photography Served] Arctic Mountains [Photography Served] Mountains on the Island of Spistbergen. An island inside the Polar Circle of the Northern Sea. Calligraphy [Typography Served] Afghanistan, May, 2010 [The Big Picture] Today is Memorial Day [...]
Link(s): Sun, May 30th, 10am
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Julia Sweeney has "The Talk" | Video on TED.com Wealth Matters – Teaching the Value of Work to Children of Wealth – NYTimes.com …The recession and tight job market have made it imperative to teach their [...]
Link(s): Sat, May 29th, 9pm
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] "I am no longer willing or able to remain silent" You may remember Roy Ashburn, the staunchly anti-gay rights California legislator arrested in early March for drunk driving after leaving a gay nightclub in Sacramento. Ashburn, [...]
Link(s): Sat, May 29th, 7pm
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Precious Sand Kittens at Al Ain Wildlife Park [ZooBorns] guitar Monday Affirmations: I can do anything good! On this dreary Monday, may we all have the confidence of this gal who knows she can do anything [...]
Link(s): Sat, May 29th, 6pm
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] MIT BLOSSOMS (Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies) flower to click onThe vision of BLOSSOMS is to begin to develop a large, free repository of video modules for high school math and science classes [...]
Link(s): Sat, May 29th, 1pm
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] The Unofficial Female Film Canon « House of Mirth and Movies Subscribed to TEDtalksDirector Subscribed to TEDtalksDirector Tweet
Link(s): Fri, May 28th, 3pm to Sat, May 29th, 12pm
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] List of educational video websites – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ThinkGeek :: Horror Movie Shower Curtain & Bath Mat [OH GOD DO NOT WANT. -L] Quantum photocells might cheat efficiency limits [Science News] Getting atoms into [...]
Link(s): Fri, May 28th, 12pm
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] A disaster with many fathers – Charles Krauthammer | Washington Post Here's my question: Why were we drilling in 5,000 feet of water in the first place? Many reasons, but this one goes unmentioned: Environmental chic [...]
Link(s): Thu, May 27th, 5pm to Fri, May 28th, 10am
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Dying for USA Today [Killing the Buddha] USA Today’s Faith & Reason blog has caught the deathy-essay-contest fever: Got time to kill? How about crafting an essay on death for a contest where the prizes include [...]
Link(s): Thu, May 27th, 3pm
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] The apocryphal adventures of Batman…and Captain Kirk…and Godzilla? [Photoshop] At the blog The Brave and The Bold: The Lost Issues, blogmaster Ross teams Batman up with absolutely everybody, copyright be damned. Check out the never-was issues [...]
Link(s): Thu, May 27th, 1pm
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Bulletproof polo shirt is perfect for the casual spy [Ianto Jones owns one already, of course. -L] Big baby stars found in Milky Way pockets [Science News]Stellar nurseries could help astronomers map galaxy's spiral arms First [...]
Link(s): Thu, May 27th, 12pm
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Government warns of worst hurricane season since 2005 [Scientific American] The Language Barrier in Science Outreach [Science News] 99% of the reason why a person with no scientific background cannot follow the developments of a particular [...]
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Link(s): Thu, May 27th, 11am
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] "To Stay or Not to Stay" the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Cases [Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog] Two federal courts have responded to BP's motions to stay law suits regarding the oil spill in [...]
Link(s): Thu, May 27th, 9am
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Hilary Mason: How to Replace Yourself with a Very Small Shell Script | Smarterware Just stumbled upon a YouTube clip of one of the best Ignite presentations I've seen, by Hilary Mason, a computer scientist at [...]
Link(s): Wed, May 26th, 10pm to Thu, May 27th, 8am
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] California Leads on Sex Ed, But It's Not All Rosy in the Golden State [ACLU Blog] California has one of the country's strongest laws ensuring comprehensive sex education. Back in 2003, the legislature put teen health [...]
Link(s): Wed, May 26th, 4pm
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Dismantling Public Education, One Brick At a Time A $23 billion emergency proposal to save teacher jobs in the wake of the state budget crisis looks to be hitting the chopping block. Tom Harkin has pulled [...]
Link(s): Wed, May 26th, 2pm
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] How Linux works: the ultimate guide TuxRadar: "Ever wanted to learn how the internals of your Linux desktop work? Yes, we've already published detailed "how it works" articles about things like sound, the kernel, LVM, PAM [...]
Link(s): Wed, May 26th, 1pm
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.] Dinos 'island-hopped' to Europe [BBC News] Horned dinosaurs – thought native to America and Asia – made it to Europe via island route, scientists say. Could you pass latest citizenship test? [Immigration Prof Blog] See for [...]