May 2010
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“So we’ve had another goddamn jumper. Luckily, this guy had signed the no-jump...”
– FSJ on “Latest Foxconn Jumper
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How to Be Interesting →
Step 1:
Take at least one picture everyday. Post it to flickr.
You should carry a camera with you. A phonecam will do. The act of carrying a camera, and always keeping an eye out for a picture to take changes the way you look at the world. It makes you notice more things. It keeps you tuned in.
Posting it to flickr (or other photosharing sites) means that you’re sharing it. It’s...
To Top Kill or to Top You Off? It's all in a days... →
Amusing take on the BP situation. I can vouch for the scariness of Mephistophales (and its offspring Meph Addict)
M.I.A.’s Agitprop Pop →
Times Mag goes MIA…
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“ I used to think that policy was the solution. And now I think that policy is...”
– Richard Elmore, on education, as quoted here
(via the choi)
The Secret Lives of Professors →
givemesomethingtoread:
I came to Harvard 7 years ago with a fairly romantic notion of what it meant to be a professor — I imagined unstructured days spent mentoring students over long cups of coffee, strolling through the verdant campus, writing code, pondering the infinite.
Matt Welsh is bad ass.
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Ratatat LP4 →
Streaming on NPR
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squashed:
“Ad campaigns about corporate social responsibility are cheap. So are public scoldings by politicians about a corporation’s irresponsibility. Watch not what they say but what they do. The only way BP will pay more than $75 million — and the costs of the spill will easily top that — is if they’re required by law to do so.” — Robert Reich: BP Stands for Bad Petroleum
(via...
Does anyone have a car they need moved from Seattle —> San Francisco (or vice-versa) this summer?
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Learnings of a first-year teacher
In my year-end survey, TFA asked me what I’ve learned about education. Here are a few things I put down:
Socioeconomic status does not prevent students from learning. (I work at a charter with high achievement and growth rates, and a very high free/reduced lunch population).
There’s no silver bullet in education - even policies that I support (charters, alternative certification...
“I myself cannot place any credence in what a liberal latino Sportswriter has to...”
– Richguy1, on NPR.com. (via pablog)
The Data-Driven Life →
givemesomethingtoread:
For a long time, only one area of human activity appeared to be immune. In the cozy confines of personal life, we rarely used the power of numbers. The techniques of analysis that had proved so effective were left behind at the office at the end of the day and picked up again the next morning. The imposition, on oneself or one’s family, of a regime of objective record...
thehiso:
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imlouise:
A friend of mine goes to Brown and she has a chemistry class with Emma Watson. She said one day Emma answered a question correctly and someone in the back shouted, “TEN POINTS FOR GRYFFINDOR!” She wasn’t happy.
(via charliebartlett)
I’m late to the game on reblogging this one but it’s sort of amazing and should not be ignored.
I don’t even care if this...
Great Strong Ale Festival Writeup →
Avery’s beers were fantastic (Meph Addict, Samael’s + Moloch, in particular). Lost Abbey’s Angel’s Share was great (but not worth the $16/12oz the beer shops here want for it). I had a great time talking with some of the Oskar’s brewers - and the barrel-aged Gordon was good (but what I really wanted was a bourbon barrel Ten Fiddy…).
today's sign of the apocalypse (or perhaps the... →
mollybierman:
(don’t worry, it’s SFW)
“I have decided that everyday [sic] for the year of 2010 i will shotgun a can of something. i would like it to be 365 different cans. i may do it alone somedays [sic] and others surrounded by friends, but its [sic] gonna happen daily nonetheless.”
I fully support this enterprise.
