Who You Callin' Ungrammatical?
Whom are you calling a pedant? (Two guesses.)
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Scott Adams Gives Grads Advice
Yeah, yeah, I know—it's not cool to dig Dilbert now that it's huge. So sue me. I like Scot Adams' work ethic, the fact that he still corresponds with his readers, and his schtick. I think the strip continues to be the high point of the daily three-panel gag strips. Also, a lot is this is sadly true.
Why the iPod is Number One
It has all the cool accessories.
Meet Daniel Tammet
He's a genius, but he can't drive a car, hold down a 9-to-5 job, or tell left from right. So he works from home, developing custom courses on language acquisition, numeracy, and literacy. He's autistic and he's articulate. Richard Johnson delivers a three-dimensional portrait of a very rare savant—one who can tell us how he does what he does.
The End of the Line
Foreign Policy posts a photo essay to accompany "The">http://www.wesjones.com/shipbreakers.htm">"The Shipbreakers".
Will Texas Get Kinky?
Kinky Friedman is running for governor of Texas. He admits that musicians don't tend to get much done in the morning, but he promises to work late.
A Little First-Hand Knowledge
I love this site! Kids describe and draw scientists beore and after a trip to Fermilab.
Pondering Real Identity Theft
Forget "Woe is me," the real question is "what is me?"
Quantum Lectures
Hans Berthe gave three lectures on quantum theory to a retirement village near Cornell. Cornell is streaming them on the web for those of us who need an expert interpretation—and who doesn't? As Richard Feynman so famously said, "If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics."
Hearing Isn't Believing
It's starting to seem like Columbia Records had a difficult time with that whole "live recording" as a paradigm for authenticity thing. First, we discovered that Duke Ellington's Live at Newport was faked, now Johnny Cash's Live at Folsom Prison turns out to be less than authentic, too. Is nothing sacred?