Archive for October, 2009
Italian Spiderman
October 30th, 2009
I’ve only seen the first five episodes so far, but I already know that I can unreservedly recommend this series:
UPDATE: Yeah, it just gets better. There are ten episodes so far, which complete the first arc. Apparently there will be more eventually.
Sand-mation
October 21st, 2009
I hate doing kottke reposts, but this is incredible:
That’s the winner of this year’s Ukraine’s Got Talent telling the story of Germany’s invasion of Ukraine in World War II.
Let’s Talk About Ants
October 19th, 2009
This blog could easily turn into a collection of TED talks. Here’s Stanford biologist Deborah Gordon talking about emergent behaviors in ant colonies.
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Ant Mega-colony Takes Over the World
October 14th, 2009
At least, according to the BBC.
Astute readers will notice that I’m continuing my tradition of only writing about articles like three months after they’ve been published.
SheevaPlug
October 12th, 2009
This is a tiny computer. If anyone would like to buy me a few, that would be OK.
[insert obligatory Beowulf cluster joke]
How to be Healthy
October 9th, 2009
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interviews Michael Pollan on the issue of America’s food supply. Among many other things, they discuss disease outbreaks, the remarkable ability of agribusiness to co-opt organic terminology, the new Secretary of Agriculture, school lunches, and the relationship between food and health care. This interview was actually recorded way back in May, but I somehow managed to miss it then, so you get to hear about it now.
Pollan has a knack for distilling a lot of good advice into pithy epigrams. Notably, “Don’t buy any food that you’ve ever seen advertised, ” and “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
Way better than Warhol
October 6th, 2009
A brilliant cover for a brilliant essay. The art on the Great Ideas series is fantastic.
A Glorious Dawn
October 4th, 2009
I just cannot tell you how much I love this Carl Sagan remix. Stephen Hawking has a cameo, too.