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≡ Category: Film | ≅ Leave a Comment
In 2006, documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim (Control Room) made a wish at the TED conference (see below) — for world peace. For Noujaim, peace starts with cultural exchange, with getting to know one another. And since we all can’t travel, another way to achieve this is through film and its ability to “take you into [...]
≡ Category: YouTube | ≅ Leave a Comment
Last week, Alexandra Juhasz contributed a guest piece reviewing her experimental efforts to make YouTube an effective teaching tool. And it didn’t take long for the web to take notice. Soon after we posted her review, The Wired Campus (Chronicle of Higher Education) took an angle on the piece. Next, the venerable Ars Technica used [...]
≡ Category: Science | ≅ Leave a Comment
The University of Pennsylvania has done it. They’ve created a robot that you can kick apart, and it knows how to reassemble itself. Eerie stuff. Give it a few decades, and these guys (the robots and the students) will be running the show. (Video added to our YouTube playlist) via Marc Andreessen’s blog For lots [...]
≡ Category: Apple, Television | ≅ 2 Comments
Across the pond, Apple is running a series of ads fashioned after the “Mac v. PC” commercials that have run so successfully in the States. Although the vocabulary and accent are naturally different, the gist of the British ads is essentially the same. Yes, Apple’s schtick translates well, and I’m declaring the third one my [...]
≡ Category: Current Affairs, Film | ≅ Leave a Comment
On the American home front, the Iraq war has entered its apathetic phase. The war continues to grind on, but the mission gets far less news ink than before, and the debate over the war’s merits and tactics rarely gets hashed back through. That’s perhaps because many have decided to mentally park the issue until [...]
≡ Category: Art | ≅ Leave a Comment
The New York Times is running an interactive feature that will give you the backstory behind Ansel Adams’ iconic photos taken at Yosemite National Park. Just click on the individual images on this page, and you’ll get a different story. (Also see the Times’ accompanying piece: What Adams Saw Through His Lens.) Related Content Learn [...]
≡ Category: Music | ≅ Leave a Comment
Surviving members of the Grateful Dead announced Thursday that they will be donating their archives to UC Santa Cruz. This podcast (Feed – Web Site), featuring Bob Weir and Mickey Hart (among others), gives you insight into the thinking behind this move… Subscribe to Our Feed
≡ Category: Audio Books | ≅ 2 Comments
Horror/sci-fi fans, here you go… Scott Sigler’s new and very well-reviewed thriller, Infected, can be downloaded for free via podcast (iTunes – Feed – Web site). Or you can get it in hardback for $16.47, which I’m not discouraging you from doing. With the links above, you can download more free books from Sigler. But, [...]
≡ Category: Current Affairs, Stanford | ≅ Leave a Comment
Speaking at Brown University earlier this week, Thomas Friedman had to deal with some unfortunate extra-curricular activities. As he took the stage, two students calling themselves the “Greenwash Guerillas” launched pies (video here) at Friedman and largely missed. But they did leave behind some pamphlets spelling out their motives. According to The Brown Daily Herald, [...]
≡ Category: Language Lessons | ≅ 3 Comments
Here is a quick “lifehack” for you. You can now learn foreign languages and stay current on politics all at once. How so? By taking advantage of a smart podcast concept being used by French and German broadcasters. Radio France Internationale (RFI) issues a daily program called Le Journal en français facile (iTunes – feed [...]
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