April 2011
1 post
Loved Sunshine on Boxee →
February 2010
1 post
Originality of the Aborigines
Copyright 2010 by John Sidor, Jr.
All Rights Reserved
December 2009
1 post
likes Star Trek on Boxee →
August 2009
21 posts
dooce: Because my anxiety needed a nudge or two →
I’m not at all ashamed to admit that Sesame Street taught Leta the alphabet. In fact, I didn’t know she knew her letters until one night just a few months after that initial exposure to Sesame Street she pointed to the sponge letters in the bathtub and identified each and every one correctly. It was a total freak show! I frantically called Jon into the bathroom and was all, DUDE,...
Watch
Watch
Official Google Blog: Two views from the 2009... →
…it’s crucial to keep as much information as possible publicly available. It used to be that much of science and engineering was driven by technology: whoever had the biggest particle accelerator or the fastest computer had an advantage. From now on, information will be just as important as technology: whoever has access to the most information will make the most discoveries and create...
Listen
July 2009
50 posts
Short Sharp Science: 'Feelings are back' at NASA →
A refreshingly warm-and-fuzzy side to NASA was revealed this afternoon at an “all-hands” briefing with Charles Bolden and Lori Garver, who were confirmed by Congress last week as NASA’s new administrator and deputy administrator.
“Feelings are not something that were popular in the last few years at NASA, but they’re back. Feelings are back!” Garver said.
...
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Autism as... →
The sad truth is that dehumanizing ideologies are still with us in the modern university, although they take very different forms. Prime examples include the unacceptable ways we sometimes talk and think about the autism spectrum.
A few years ago, Michael L. Ganz, who teaches at the Harvard School of Public Health, published an essay titled “Costs of Autism in the United States.”...
"Glue" →
Thx Special K!
Boing Boing: State Department apparat asks Clinton... →
MS. GREENBERG: Okay. Our next question comes from Jim Finkle:
QUESTION: Can you please let the staff use an alternative web browser called Firefox? I just - (applause) - I just moved to the State Department from the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and was surprised that State doesn’t use this browser. It was approved for the entire intelligence community, so I don’t...