Archive for September, 2006
Friday, September 29th, 2006
While we are all caught up with the present warring in the Middle East this short video timeline infographic reminds us that the history of conflict in the Middle East is ancient and storied:
I had to look up the Caliphate and Saladin...and this is just an ultra macroscopic overview. No ...
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Tuesday, September 19th, 2006
Live blogging from the Daily Show ...this is super cool. Set is much smaller than I thought but it lends itself to a pretty intimate feel for the crowd.
...ok sorry...had to turn off my phone. Go figure! The Daily Show filming requires participation and a lot of energy screaming your ...
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Monday, September 11th, 2006
All those years I spent listening to rock music on my headphones while studying were not in vain. Reported in the Times Online: "Researchers at a Scottish university believe that the sound of guitar-based rock such as Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC and the Red Hot Chili Peppers improves concentration and boosts ...
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Tuesday, September 5th, 2006
UPDATE:
Google has bought YouTube for 1.6+ Billion and there is a hell of a debate going on surrounding Mark Cuban's criticism of Google's purchase and the actual value of YouTube given that it does not use DRM, therefore requiring copyright holders to monitor the site themselves and constantly ask them ...
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Friday, September 1st, 2006
An article in Wired "From Crypto to Jazz" explores the connection between music and math through the music of saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. Read the article and listen to the music samples. Very cool.
Fittingly, the author Alexander Gelfand, is as much of a polymath as I have ever met. His interest ...
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