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≡ Category: Religion, Science | ≅ 6 Comments
Richard Dawkins — he’s one of the world’s leading evolutionary biologists (The Selfish Gene), a staunch atheist (The God Delusion), and someone who will jump headlong into a controversy when it tempts him. Case in point… Today, according to The Guardian, Dawkins has joined forces with Christopher Hitchens and hired a lawyer to “investigate the possibility of [...]
≡ Category: Film | ≅ Leave a Comment
In a quick 59 seconds, David Lynch tells you the films and filmmakers that he likes best. In equally succinct videos, though with a bit more salty language (read: language that’s not ideal for work), Lynch also gives you his thoughts on product placement and the whole concept of watching a movie on an iPhone. [...]
≡ Category: Life, Science, Technology | ≅ 2 Comments
As part of a special multimedia project, Ericsson (the telecom company) asked 20 thinkers to “share their view on the drivers of the future and how connectivity/broadband is changing the world.” What will life be like in 2020? How will the world evolve? What habits and needs will people have? What kinds of technologies will they [...]
≡ Category: Music, Technology | ≅ 2 Comments
We’re moving back in time. Before the iPod, and before the CD. We’re going back to the analog age, a moment when the vinyl record reigned supreme. (That moment lasted most of the 20th century.) Â The clip above, which features the great Duke Ellington, shows you how records were actually recorded, plated and pressed. Alois [...]
≡ Category: Film | ≅ 2 Comments
It starts as it always does on the subway in France. The speech has the same formulaic windup. And you think you know what’s coming next — the pitch for some spare change. But then things head in a new direction, and a mini drama unfolds. I won’t spoil the rest. J’Attendrai Le Suivant (I’ll [...]
Sean Stiegmeier traveled the world, heading to Prague, Japan, Banff, Utah, Oregon, California, and beyond. Along the way, he started experimenting with time-lapse photography. And what he came up with is pretty impressive. Catch it above. via The Daily Dish
≡ Category: Law, Science | ≅ 3 Comments
Simon Singh is a man who refuses to be silenced. In 2008, the British science writer published an article in The Guardian calling attention to some of the wilder claims of the chiropractic industry. A short time later he found himself sifting through 35 pages of legal documents from a libel suit brought by the [...]
≡ Category: Audio Books, Literature | ≅ 6 Comments
William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying is widely considered one of the great American novels. Quite an accomplishment, especially considering that Faulkner wrote the novel in six weeks while working at a power plant in 1929-30. Read more about his day jobs here. Thanks to HarperCollins, you can now listen to Faulkner, himself, reading from [...]
≡ Category: e-books, Education | ≅ Leave a Comment
Amazon ran a not so successful etextbook experiment at Princeton this year. Now it’s time for the iPad to take a crack at the digital textbook market. Wasting little time, CourseSmart has announced an iPad app that will bring thousands of textbooks to Apple’s new platform. The video above gives you a glimpse into this initiative. And [...]
≡ Category: Philosophy, Television | ≅ Leave a Comment
Last week, Craig Ferguson probably made a little television history when he invited a philosophy professor to appear on The Late Late Show. The guest is Jonathan Dancy, a prof at UT-Austin, who also happens to be the father of actor Hugh Dancy, and the father-in-law of actress Claire Danes. And the unlikely topic of [...]
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