These are a few sites I thought were interesting from October 21st through October 22nd:
The Food Issue – An Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief – Michael Pollan – NYTimes.com – Long, detailed piece about how we’re entering a global food crisis — with a detailed prescription for what to do about it
Gadget [...]
These are a few sites I thought were interesting from August 26th through August 29th:
Making Fireflies | Geekdad from Wired.com – excellent, cheap LED fun
Novelist Neal Stephenson Once Again Proves He’s the King of the Worlds – Conveniently for me, Anathem comes out on my birthday.
Protesters at Democratic convention fly the ?cage? | csmonitor.com – [...]
These are a few sites I thought were interesting from May 16th through May 18th:
Whiskey Geeks Keep Moonshine Tradition Alive – Lots of people are making whisky in their garages, it seems
Gardenaut: BPA-Free Water Bottle Showdown – Excellent reviews of many alternatives to Lexan/polycarbonate bottles, including insulated, sports, etc. Trendy Sigg bottles don’t fare so [...]
O’Reilly’s annual Maker Faire is happening this weekend, May 3 and 4, 2008, in San Mateo. It’s a festival of do-it-yourself (DIY) culture, and is a chance to see just how creative people can get with soldering guns, welders, circuit boards, old bicycle parts and lots of propane.
That’s just for starters. The Faire is [...]
These are a few sites I thought were interesting from July 2nd through April 7th:
The effect of Nuclear War on Climate Change : Weather Underground – Effects of a small nuclear war: Pro: worldwide cooling effect would offset global warming. Con: Crop failures, starvation, and holes in the ozone layer cause a decade or more [...]
These are a few sites I thought were interesting from April 2nd through April 4th:
Field Notes â âIâm not writing it down to remember it later, Iâm writing it down to remember it now.â – U.S.-made alternative to the little pocket Moleskines
doane paper – hybrid graph paper + ruled paper. kinda cool
A Vehicle for Change [...]
These are a few sites I thought were interesting from March 26th through March 27th:
Paul Kedrosky: The Moral Hazard with the Moral Hazard Problem –
Freebase: an open, shared database of the world’s knowledge – Kind of like Wikipedia for structured data. Very interesting
Scientists Aim for Origami Space Flight – Coolest thing I’ve read today: [...]
These are a few sites I thought were interesting from March 21st through March 24th:
What books or courses will help me learn science? | Ask Metafilter – roger penrose is looking like a good start
Blogonomics: Gawker’s Payroll, Redux – The top Gawker bloggers probably make six-figure salaries, Felix Salmon estimates
Let’s Make Robots! – Looks like [...]
These are a few sites I thought were interesting from March 11th through March 12th:
Technophilia: Discover the .EDU Underground – more free education
Universities with the Best Free Online Courses — Education-Portal.com – get you some learnin’
Another sliver of history « India, Ink. –
‘Population Bomb’ Author Paul Ehrlich Tackles Cultural Evolution – Ehrlich has been [...]