February 2012
27 posts
Report: Watching Episode of 'Downton Abbey' Counts... →
It’s all coming up Downton Abbey today!
Fracture Putty Can Heal a Broken Bone In Days -... →
Where was this badass stuff developed? That’s right, son–UGA. Have fun with your stupid robots, Georgia Tech.
Intelligent, Condescending Life Discovered In... →
The end of this piece makes it.
11 Gospel-Centered Ways to Love Your City | The... →
Great list of things to do for your city. Who wouldn’t want neighbors like these?
Why French Parents Are Superior by Pamela... →
Seems like some good, common-sense advice in here.
“Apple had just one customer. He passed away last year.”
– Seth’s Blog: Who is your customer?
S*** My Students Write →
I’ve always said someone should do this. I guess they listened.
Seth's Blog: Can I see your body of work? →
Gotta do this!
Alzheimer's Transmission Pathway Discovered -... →
Great news. Looks like a big deal.
7 Steps To Shooting Better Interviews →
Really helpful if you’re going to be shooting an interview anytime soon (I’m looking at you, UNIV 1120 students!).
Verbling Pairs You with Native Speakers So You Can... →
Neat service. Just hope nothing Chatroulette-y starts happening.
Popular road in Britain reworked to be clutter... →
Neat! I’d love to see this in downtown Athens.
“Think Profit.” | TechCrunch →
I love Amazon, but I have to agree with a lot of this. Here’s hoping Bezos has something amazing up his sleeve.
“The great mystery of memory is how it endures. The typical neural protein only...”
– The Persistence Of Memory | Wired Science | Wired.com (via ayjay)
Early Plants May Have Caused Massive Glaciation -... →
Um, that makes sense.
Computer Program Reconstructs Heard Words From... →
Crazy!
Self-Guided Bullet Can Hit Targets a Mile Away -... →
Crazy.
January 2012
70 posts
Pentagon: 30,000 Pound Bomb Too Small - Slashdot →
Way too small.
Public Speaking for Normal People →
Great quick advice for public speaking. Think I’ll share this with my 1101s this semester.
Former Georgia football coach Donnan involves... →
Wow. This is just incredibly ugly and sad.
An escapes and heists film festival →
Don’t care about the particular topic of this one, but I love the idea of a distributed film festival!
The thing about 998,001 is... →
““Hiss cites a pair of stories involving Alger (who died in 1996) and...”
– Human wormholes and the Great Span
Retail Chains To Strike Back Against Online... →
I’m definitely one of those annoying, “Hold on a sec, honey, let me check to see if it’s cheaper online” shoppers (at least for items over $25 or so). Not sure if this is good or bad, but I’m pretty sure it was inevitable.
Codecademy Becomes A Platform: Now Anyone Can... →
Really, really exciting.
“We’re hoping to succeed; we’re okay with failure. We just...”
– Seth’s Blog: Prepared to fail
Romney Invokes Fair Use In Dispute With NBC Over... →
Interesting debate.
Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning Is... →
Seth's Blog: (What you get) - (What you were... →
So vital.
The Greatest Books of All Time, As Voted by 125... →
Who’d’a thunk David Foster Wallace’s favorite book was The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis?
Why Every Entrepreneur Should Self-Publish a Book... →
Mass Incarceration and Criminal Justice in America... →
Interesting read. The big thing that jumped out at me: economics, specifically incentives. Increase the friction, to use a tech business term, of being a criminal in several small ways, and people will ultimately decide it’s easier to do something legal.
5 Minutes on The Verge: Jason Kottke | The Verge →
Love this guy!
To Find Happiness, Forget About Passion - Oliver... →
Really relevant advice, I think.