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Author Archives: noble
Interview with Dean Kamen
I ran across this great interview with Dean Kamen at OnInnovation.com. I hadn’t visited the site before but they’ve got a growing library of interviews with notable innovators. Thought I’d share in case you haven’t seen it (please note that this is just the first clip in a lengthy interview – see the link below [...]
Darth Vader Pumpkin
We had a lot of fun carving pumpkins today. Darth Vader was a hit with most of our trick-or-treaters:
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TED Talk from Tim Jackson
Here’s a recent TED Talk from Tim Jackson. He has a great quote while discussing the role of consumer debt in the run-up to the recession: “it’s a story about…people being persuaded to spend money we don’t have, on things we don’t need, to create impressions that won’t last, on people we don’t care about…” [...]
Greenland Ice Island Breaks Free
Here’s an unfortunate update from CNN re: Greenland’s ice sheet: “A piece of ice four times the size of Manhattan island has broken away from an ice shelf in Greenland, according to scientists in the U.S. The 260 square-kilometer (100 square miles) ice island separated from the Petermann Glacier in northern Greenland early on Thursday…”
A short list of podcasts to check out
Here are some of the podcasts I’ve been listening to lately. These are very enjoyable if you’re interested in science, skeptical thought, critical thinking, etc. Perhaps not so enjoyable if you’re into New Age healing, creationism, pseudo-science, etc. (but if you are, you should definitely start listening!) Skeptoid by Brian Dunning Skepticality (one of the [...]
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Tim O’Reilly’s keynote at Drupalcon
Tim O’Reilly (@timoreilly) did a magnificent job at his keynote presentation at Drupalcon. You can download the slides here on Slideshare. Hopefully the video will be online sometime soon.
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At Drupalcon, San Francisco
I’m at #drupalcon in San Francisco with @frogpod. Will be posting stuff throughout the conference. If you want to see more real-time updates follow me on Twitter
TED Talk from Barry Schwartz: Using our Practical Wisdom