Some bottle tops for the day. Bubbles in the bath make your toes laugh It’s Crazy to be Lazy Be a Traveler, Tot a Tourist wicked words are for the birds
Month: May 2013
Go Math!
A wonderfully written article at both the level of connections to the math and personal connections. Yitang Zhang Proves ‘Landmark’ Theorem in Distribution of Prime Numbers (Simons Foundation) Hat tip to Ugo Panizza.
Ghandi’s effects
On auction – Gandhi Artifacts Could Fetch Steep Prices (NPR)
Frampton comes to Steel Stacks – Why do we care?
Really, let’s talk about Frampton! Ke$ha, Frampton and B.B. King at Musikfest, Goo Goo Dolls, Boz Scaggs and Steve Earle – Lehigh Valley Music Blog Of course! Here’s the full podcast Episode 449: The Hidden Digital Wealth In Your Pocket (Planet…
Picturing the art museum
Social media meets old-time media. Why Can’t We Take Pictures in Art Museums? (ARTnews) Climbing on the social media bandwagon appears to be a smart move.
Influencer network
The names are interesting, but the links more so. Note the coloring. Economy Raw Feed – Influencer Network (Utne Altwire) “Mouse over avatars to see who is paying attention to whom. Yellow pays attention to grey; grey pays attention to blue.…
Our companions
“I began to think of myself in the first-person plural — as a superorganism” Say Hello to the 100 Trillion Bacteria That Make Up Your Microbiome (NYTimes)
The show goes on
Live performances that hold up well also — do well! The Show Goes On (The Economist)
Long-term unemployment: new insight
New results in the cottage industry of sending out fake resumes (not just labor, but macro, too). A Hire Truth (Tim Harford) Is there a profit opportunity here? Or might the market know best?
Bumblebees can steal
The bees have, in short, created a simple culture in which behaviour patterns are passed on through learning, rather than biological inheritance. How Can Bumblebees Commit Crime?