Global Spin

Must check this out in more detail when I have the time: bq. “Howtoons”:http://www.howtoons.org/ are one-page cartoons showing 5-to-15 year-old kids “How To” build things. Each illustrated episode is a stand-alone fun adventure accessible to all, including the pre-literate. Our Howtoons are designed to encourage children to be active participants in discovering the world through [...]

Posted by Chris in Education on July 18th, 2005 | Comments Off

I still can’t fathom how there isn’t an uproar about Guantanamo. Most people were “shocked! shocked!” to hear of the abuses at Abu Ghraib, but news that “Abu Ghraib torture methods were perfected at Gitmo”:http://www.andrewsullivan.com/index.php?dish_inc=archives/2005_07_10_dish_archive.html#112135581079863173 — and that they’re still going on — doesn’t even ripple the water. Note also “George Orwell’s response to torture [...]

Posted by Chris in Government on July 15th, 2005 | Comments Off

From CNN today: “Astronomers have detected a planet outside our solar system with “not one, but three suns”:http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/07/14/planet.suns.reut/index.html, a finding that challenges astronomers’ theories of planetary formation.” Indeed. I used to think that the whole multiple-suns (think Tatooine) sci-fi thing was artistic license. Truth really is stranger than fiction…

Posted by Chris in Space on July 15th, 2005 | Comments Off

These guys at Green Disk have an innovative idea for recycling your techonotrash. You use a technotrash can, of course!

Posted by Deb in Environment on July 9th, 2005 | 1 Comment »

This cool page was stolen from the blog of one of my former students (who shall remain linkless). p.s. Descartle rocks!

Posted by Deana in Academia on July 9th, 2005 | Comments Off