Education: An essay on why going to any non-top-tier law school is a
one-way ticket to penury. Ditto (most of the time) for
getting a PhD. An article on the
overuse of homework in elementary school.
Music: A
love note sent indirectly, a
twist on the multitrack music video, an OverthinkingIt essay on the song
Like a G6.
The Internets Attack: An article on
memetic epidemiology in the Cooks Source plagiarism scandal (
more background on that), and a hypothetical story of a
flash mob gone wrong.
Clowns Attack:
Clowns versus clowns, an
anarchist army of rebel clowns.
Politics: Why the health care bill
won't be repealed (basically all of it is popular), an article on the
downside of diversity, an article on
the reaction to deadly airline terrorism before 9/11, an article on
pilot unions and airlines.
Food: Making
porchetta, omelets
inside the egg.
Clothes: A post from the author of
Dresden Codak on
costume and character, a talk about
fashion and free culture, more than you ever wanted to know about
men's dress shoes.
Other Interesting:
Augmented reality for the colorblind,
The World's Greatest Drunk, a
psychological history of David Foster Wallace, translating early modern philosophy texts
from English to English, a video asking
"what do sex workers want their significant others to know?" (produced by Scarlet Alliance, a sex workers' rights organization in Australia).
Finally: Denki Groove's latest video,
Fake It!