Field Notes

Are search engines making students dumber–or do they just not know how to use search engines well? Searching for Dummies […]

My first review for Wired is out, in April’s issue. It’s on page 74, but for you digital types, it’s

“There isn’t a single great work in the history of civilization, no novel, symphony, film, or song that was completed

Not ready for show time yet, but still pretty cool (and environmentally-friendly, too, the researchers claim): World’s first transparent integrated

Tim O’Reilly posts a lengthy list of links from the Reading 2.0 summit in SF yesterday, which covers a range

Roller Derby queen and former Bay City Bomber Ann Calvello has died at the age of 76.

Glad it wasn’t my $300 robot Torrone sent out into traffic, that crazy guy: Roomba takes Frogger to the asphalt

Photographs of a “sky burial,” where vultures are invited to eat the corpse: Tibetan sky burial in China. (And here’s

The superfast “Ian Knot” looks intriguing. Unfortunately I almost never wear shoes with laces anymore. How To Tie Your Shoes

Bizarrely cool: turn your profile into a lathed piece of wood. Turn Your Head (via Cory on BoingBoing)