The Great Montreal Link Exchange continues (sorry this is late): Every week Mitch (w / t) picks a link for me and a link for…
aging idealist. ai and education, open web, open publishing.
The Great Montreal Link Exchange continues (sorry this is late): Every week Mitch (w / t) picks a link for me and a link for…
I’ll be on a panel this afternoon about science, web, collaboration, and I’m not sure what else, organized by Steven Mansour: On Saturday, November 29th,…
The most fascinating bit of audio I’ve heard in a long while, The secret life of bacteria – small, smart and thoughtful, from Australian Radio…
In the fall of 2004, I quit my job consulting in the renewable energy industry in order to focus on writing. In addition to fiction-writing,…
Since we were kids, most of us got emotionally attached to things that aren’t real: cartoons, teddy bears, and talking cars, for instance. Usually these…
From the New Scientist: Scientists who want to describe their work on Wikipedia should not be forced to give up the kudos of a respected…
From LibriVox friend annie. With photos:
Norman Doidge (channeling McLuhan): Electronic media are so effective at altering the nervous system because they both work in similar ways and are basically compatible…
Says Gerald Edelman: If we considered the number of possible neural circuits [in the human brain] we would be dealing with hyper-astronomical numbers: 10 followed…
I listen to lots of audio, my preference being radio documentaries while cooking. Yesterday I listened to the best thing I have heard in ages,…