Category Archives: Technology

2 Higher Education Readings

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Fenster writes. CS50x is not the new Acura model.  It is Harvard’s Introduction to Computer Science course, the one it offered free as part of its EdX initiative. CS50x is Harvard College’s introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I got a kick out of this Steve Sailer piece on the Niall Ferguson-John Maynard Keynes controversy. Hoping to eventually pick up this new release from TASCHEN. I love TASCHEN. I just wish I wasn’t too much of … Continue reading →

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Letter from China: Google Translate

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

Fenster writes: The level of English comprehension among my Chinese students is far above the level of Chinese comprehension among American students of Chinese.  But it is not great, and I have been thinking about how to make my lectures … Continue reading →

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The Sweet Revenge of Kim Dotcom

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

epiminondas writes: We all know how Hollywood and the big publishing houses control the copyright laws and their enforcement.  What we didn’t know about was the blowback from that domination… http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/04/17/inside-mega-the-second-coming-of-kim-dotcom/

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My Verdict on Vinyl

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

Sir Barken Hyena writes: After many years in an all-digital audio world, the one we all inhabit now, from cell phone to DVD, I’ve recently been listening to vinyl again. I’ve got a lot of company too, and it’s a … Continue reading →

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When the sides become the entree

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Glynn Marshes writes: Perhaps other online publications are doing this as well, but this is the first time I’ve noticed it: at Gawker, reader comments are now arranged in a two-column format. I was almost startled when I first encountered … Continue reading →

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Picture Quality

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

Fenster writes: That ol’ vampire squid, Goldman Sachs, has for a while been running an ad campaign that attempts to put the firm’s accomplishments in the best possible light.  To paraphrase Dr. Johnson on the subject of a dog walking … Continue reading →

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Juxtaposin’: Fantasies of the Internet Relationship Seeker

Posted on January 12, 2013 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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Optimist and Pessimist

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Fenster writes: Either Ray Kurzweil is right about the Singularity, or he is wrong about it.  Either way, I feel a little uncomfortable about his appointment as Google’s Director of Engineering. Either James Howard Kunstler is right about Peak Oil, … Continue reading →

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Juxtaposin’: Men and Their Tools

Posted on December 24, 2012 by

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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