Author: buridan

The Science Education Myth

The Science Education Myth: The Science Education Myth Forget the conventional wisdom. U.S. schools are turning out more capable science and engineering grads than the job market can support — so this is a myth, i was a bit suspicious. The thing to think of though… is not really that we are overproducing what the […]

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The Philips Machine « Organizations and Markets

The Philips Machine « Organizations and Markets: I was strolling through the section on computing when — quite unexpectedly, because I had no idea it was on display at the museum — I noticed the famous Philips Machine (here is a pic), essentially a hydro-mechanical analogue computer designed to exhibit the functioning of the economy […]

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The Chicago Metaverse Meetup (Chicago, IL) – Meetup.com

The Chicago Metaverse Meetup (Chicago, IL) – Meetup.com: The Chicago Metaverse Meetup Meetup with other local players of the online gaming community, Second Life, and all sorts of other virtual communities! Gather with other players, talk about the game, and make new “offline” friends! —- come and have fun.

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trinity pulls of lateral miracle (football)

ESPN Video Beta: —- everyone tries this… sometimes it works

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25+ Sources For Creative Commons Content

25+ Sources For Creative Commons Content —- cool stuff from creative commons, now a bit easier to find.

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yup, gettin old

35 today. still mostly feel like i’m 19 more or less, so that’s something, but alas, i have much more work to do than i have time to accomplish, such is life.

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News from hatebook's aspirations of world domination — hatebook

News from hatebook’s aspirations of world domination — hatebook: Hatebook is an anti-social utility that connects you with the people YOU HATE. —- Luckily… i don’t hate anyone. some people i prefer not to be around, but other than that. My greatest foes are really those people who promote overdetermination and underdetermination.

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Learning and research in Second Life

Well the Learning and research in Second Life workshop was by all current reports a resounding success. We had a full room in real life and a significant group of people in second life at Kula. We have some photos on flickr that are tagged, and some others that are note are in the Internet […]

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How do you grow a bumper crop of math and science teachers? Making the Grade | DISCOVER Magazine

Making the Grade | DISCOVER Magazine : How do you grow a bumper crop of math and science teachers? —- you don’t… you inspire children to learn the science.

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