Every fall, Beloit College makes up a “Mindset List” to reflect the world of the new incoming college students (born in about 1991, this year) — what their life has included, and what it hasn’t. Understandably, reading it makes those of us over, um, thirty feel old and alienated. And who doesn’t [...]
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J.P. Patches and Archie McPhee
The coolest thing I brought home from Seattle? Clearly the JP Patches Bobblehead from Archie McPhee.
Bobby McFerrin and the Power of the Pentatonic Scale
Embedding is disabled on this video, so you have to go over to YouTube to see it. But it’s worth it: The awesome Bobby McFerrin “demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale” at the World Science Festival 2009.
YouTube: World Science Festival 2009 — Bobby McFerrin
Why are movies too long?
Matthew Yglesias asks a question I've often wondered about.
What happens when you decriminalize drugs?
5 years in, Portugal's drug decriminalization policy shows positive results
John Conway goes nuts
Inventor of LIFE cellular automata says particles have free will
Lawrence Welk goes one toke over the line
Lawrence Welk goes one toke over the line