March 2009
1 post
November 2008
5 posts
One laptop per child... from TED to Amazon! →
I love it when a really great idea about accessibility of education actually becomes accessible to great masses of people who are in a position to do something about it.
“We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of...”
– Barack Obama
“There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and there are patriots who...”
– Barack Obama
I recently discovered this excellent band, Ra Ra...
WatchThe election has gotten me thinking of (and duly frustrated about) the annoying idea that people MUST be organized by some central authority. My main argument is that we can take care of ourselves, but next comes the inevitable, “Maybe YOU can, but not everybody can!” Then I get angry and wish I could eloquently weave ants into the discussion, but I am never successful at this. ...
September 2008
1 post
July 2008
2 posts
Africa's Last and Least: Cultural Expectations... →
WatchThis is why I’m glad I decided to take a Human Development course after all. I like the girl who said she watched her “Age 7 in America” self at 8 and understood her place in the world… and thought ‘yuck!’ We could all use perspective like this—at all ages.
June 2008
4 posts
“‘Mr. Stevenson, every thinking American will be voting for you.’ To...”
– http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2008/06/13/shapiro
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“Beating yourself up about your bad wake-up habits will not work — in fact,...”
– http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/04/how-to-get-up-right-away-when-your-alarm-goes-off/
May 2008
3 posts
“Nothing owns you like fragile stuff. For example, the ‘good china’...”
– http://www.paulgraham.com/stuff.html
WatchMore on Stuff. Cleverer than the last, but perhaps requiring higher brain functions to understand.
April 2008
1 post
“You know the cliche that these people are just like us and that we could all do...”
– John Douglas in an interview on kathyreichs.com