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September 2011
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August 2011
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Russia plans $65bn tunnel to America - Times... →
shaneguiter:
Russia has unveiled an ambitious plan to build the world’s longest tunnel under the Bering Strait as part of a transport corridor linking Europe and America via Siberia and Alaska.
The 64-mile (103km) tunnel would connect the far east of Russia with Alaska, opening up the prospect of the ultimate rail trip across three quarters of the globe from London to New York. The link would...
Here’s the challenge: who taught you how to write...
Admittedly, most of us never got a lesson in this essential task. You’re not alone. Even the most skilled communicators get tongue-tied and twisted when trying to represent themselves in writing. We fear the two extremes: obnoxious self-importance or boring earnestness. It gets further complicated when you’re in the midst of a career or business reinvention. You have to reconcile the different...
“We live in a culture that makes it seem as though having contradictions is...”
– bell hooks
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July 2011
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“Nobody ever gets quite the information they really want because often the...”
– Margaret Atwood: What I Read - Entertainment - The Atlantic Wire
June 2011
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Animal Domestication: Taming the Wild - Pictures,... →
Lately, I’ve been obsessed with the Siberian fox domestication project. Read more about the domestication of animals at National Geographic. I’ve read this article several times already.
April 2011
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Nature’s Noblemen | The Weekly Standard →
The past, the arts and humanities, should be our guides to the right use of our wealth, to what we should and should not desire. Shame, then, on the professors, who have confined the arts and humanities to the oubliettes of academic departments and who, by teaching their students only their own brand of micro-scholarship, have sundered the bond that properly exists between great art and books and...
I think I'm back
After my ridiculously long cyber-vacation, I intend to rejoin the world of the virtual.
June 2010
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“Indeed, if even a professionally oriented college degree is no longer a...”
– Is a college education worth the money? : The New Yorker
March 2010
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October 2009
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August 2009
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May 2009
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“If sub specie aeternitatis (under the aspect of eternity) there is no reason to...”
– Thomas Nagel, The Absurd
April 2009
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WatchFRONTLINE: digital nation: about us | PBS
I’m excited about the new Frontline project “Digital Nation.” Here’s a preview.
March 2009
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“I think that we’re living in a society that has different priorities and I...”
– apophenia: when research is de-contextualized
February 2009
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“Moby-Dick…stands alongside James Joyce’s Ulysses and Laurence...”
– SparkNotes: Moby-Dick: Context
January 2009
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December 2008
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Brew Notes: Get ready for a double-bock Shiner 100 →
I have enjoyed all the Shiner anniversary beers. In, fact I enjoy all Shiner beers. I’m drinking a Shiner Cheer as I type this (which I just learned from this article is the Dunkel Wezen with added Stonewall peaches and pecans). I am excited to try the 100th anniversary Commemorator! (My favorite is still the Shiner 96 Octoberfest, followed closely by the 98 Amber). Again, I’m noting...
Brushes with Fame at SMITH Magazine - Paul Newman →
It may be a little late for a Paul Newman tribute to be timely… but, I think he was fantastic. And, I just found this web-zine. It’s a striking collection of stories and personal narritives.