June 2010
Rwanda opens first-ever ice cream parlor →
The Brooklyn-based company’s non-profit organization’s initial effort has become a reality as the ice cream parlor Sweet Dreams (“Inzozi Nziza” in Kinyarwanda) will finally open next week in the Rwandan city of Butare. The country’s first-ever ice cream parlor, Sweet Dreams is the “pilot initiative” of Blue Marble’s exploration into “ice...
May 2010
Free Online Courses from Top Universities →
sashya-k:
Philosophy
Ancient Philosophy – iTunes – Feed – Stream – David Ebrey, UC Berkeley
Death – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Shelly Kagan, Yale
Existentialism in Literature & Film – iTunes – Feed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
Heidegger – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
Heidegger’s Being & Time – Feed – MP3s – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
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Game Theory TV →
William Spaniel, an enterprising graduate student at the University of Rochester, has created a useful set of twenty-six short YouTube clips on game theory.
(via 580jars)
The Rolling Stones - Gimme...
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“The iPad makes using a computer less of a commitment and that has important...”
– Chris Masse (via)
tumblr posts from my blackberry
ALWAYS end up with typos. sorry bout that erryone…
Scientists to Ugly Endangered Species: Drop Dead →
It seems that scientists those rational, cool-headed creatures may not be immune to a cute factor in their research. A new study finds that researchers are biased towards cuter animals.
inthefade:
Radiohead - Let Down
For LaDawn, and...
“Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic...”
– Frank Zappa, 1989
“The truth, as always, will be far stranger.”
– Arthur C. Clark
