A quick fyi for TED heads. In early 2011 we mentioned that someone put together a handy online spreadsheet that lists 1377 TED Talks, with handy links to each individual video. It’s worth mentioning the spreadsheet again because this evolving Google doc has now grown beyond 1200 talks. That works out to more than 340 hours of “riveting talks by remarkable people.” Because the page gets updated on a regular basis, you’ll definitely want to bookmark it and keep tabs on the new additions.
Now time for more good culture links, all previously featured on our happenin’ Twitter stream.
Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Maya Calendar Writing
Virginia Woolf. Playing Cricket
Delta Dawn: How Sears, Roebuck & Co. Midwifed the Birth of the Blues
Maurice Sendak’s Last Video Appearance with Stephen Colbert
‘Madame Bovary’ in Pie Chart Form. (Did Someone Say Pie?)
From Whistler to Warhol, Famous Artists Paint Their Mothers
Jose Saramago’s First Reaction after Watching the Movie Blindness
All 268 Pages from Leonardo’s Notebooks Presented in High Res iPad App
Margaret Atwood Recommends That Martians Read Moby Dick to Understand America
Biographer Robert Caro Discusses Political Power—How to Get It and Use It
A Recording of 24-Year-Old John Ashbery Reading His Poems
John Peel’s Massive Record Collection Now Available Online
The Strange Politics of Gertrude Stein
David Sedaris Reads “Six to Eight Black Men” from the Album ‘Live at Carnegie Hall’
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