Posts from — October 2007

Greenbush Edusim:

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a croquet based environment for k12

Map of the World Wide Web:
A whole new way of looking at the world — now in two sizes!

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these are two maps of the country codes mapped onto registrations.

On Torture and American Values – New York Times:
Clinging to the administration’s policies will only cause further harm to America’s global image and to our legal system. It also will add immeasurably to the risk facing any man or woman captured while wearing America’s uniform or serving in its intelligence forces.
This is an easy choice.

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i do not want anyone to torture in my name, in the name of my country, in the name of my compatriots. it is wrong.

I Can Has TheoLOLgians? | The Scriptorium Daily: Middlebrow:
I Can Has TheoLOLgians?

reflections on creativity:
New online from the University of Dundee, a collection of papers on the nature and future of creativity,
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Sean pointed me to a paper of his that looks particularly interesting, and there are other interesting ones on the nature of creativity.

macosxhints.com – Force Mail to display plain text by default
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Force Mail to display plain text by default

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Planned Obsolescence points us to this little bit of brilliance.

YouTube – Dove Onslaught:

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new dove commercial…

great tagline.

Bono speaks out against torture – and gets censored – The Smirking Chimp:
While Bono’s entire acceptance speech was quite good, I was particularly moved when he spoke out against the use of torture. He said, “You do not have to become a monster to defeat a monster.”

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Censoring a liberty medal recipient’s acceptance speech? that seems a bit much… like beyond much by a few powers of 10.

Learning Inquiry Issue Two: Special Issue – Listening and Reflecting: