The Missing Word

There have been a whole bunch of stories written about the idiot skinheads who were busted for a ludicrous plot to kill a whole bunch of black people, including Barack Obama: the AP version, the Washington Post, the New York Times. They’re all pretty similar, and they’re all notable for one thing: the word they […]

links for 2008-10-28

Cognitive Daily: Should you let your toddler watch TV? No, you dolt. (tags: science psychology television kid-stuff) The Bill Clinton President School – World Wide Web Homepage "Aren’t you tired of not being president?" (tags: us politics onion silly internet) Microsoft Ad Campaign Crashing Nation’s Televisions | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source "The […]

What’s Your Watson Idea?

One of my service activities at the moment is serving on the committee that determines our nominees for the Watson Fellowship. Participating institutions are allowed to nominate up to four students, and we’ve just selected this year’s nominees, who are a really interesting bunch. The Watson, for those who haven’t heard of it, is, as […]

The Monkey Dance

As has already been noted by people with too much free time, my DonorsChoose challenge stands at $6,254. This is a big jump, and happened because somebody emailed to ask whether a donation of theirs had been counted; when I logged in to check, I found that there was $715 in account credits, which I […]

links for 2008-10-27

Corruption in textbook-adoption proceedings: ‘Judging Books by Their Covers’ Richard Feynman on the idiocies of the textbook selection process. (tags: science math education books politics culture publishing) What does it all mean — Crooked Timber "There are two big economic ideas that look substantially less appealing in the light of the current crisis." (tags: economics […]

DonorsChoose Payoff: Meeting the Queen

Another day, another DonorsChoose incentive claimed. I’m actually late in responding to this one– I missed my self-imposed 24-hour deadline because we’re visiting Kate’s parents outside of Boston, but I’ll try to make up for it with the answer. Anyway, Helen asks: How did Emmy become part of your household? We decided we wanted a […]