Sometimes the best discoveries are the ones you aren’t looking for. There’s a physicist in Washington today. That’s not terribly uncommon, but Steve Gass isn’t here to warn us of global warning, beg for research dollars, lobby for/against nuclear power, or many of the other common reasons scientists talk to politicians. He’s here to save…
via blogs.oracle.com I love that Netbeans RCP platform is getting used for application like this now. I actually wonder sometimes why it’s not MORE widespread.
via physicscentral.com A very nice visit of the abandoned SSC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_Super_Collider) in Texas.
The Great White North shakes off its historical politesse and starts kicking ass, financial-style. Will the rest of the world listen? via finance.fortune.cnn.com My favorite quote: “So why don’t we move back to Toronto, a place of great living standards and high culture? Because it’s too cold, says my wife. And that’s where the discussion…
via boingboing.net Me want… now! I don’t want to wait until fall…
via mint.com This is good to know, also worries about what’s coming and how this could rebound in the next decade.
via npr.org Interesting (animated) story of Howard Engel, the writer who could not read.
via khanacademy.org I don’t know how I didn’t find out about this sooner but this guy is just awesome. His videos are short and clear and focus on one topic at a time. He has thousands of videos by now covering all sorts of topics, from kindergarten level all the way to advanced math, chemistry…
