Weekend miscellany

Posted on 30 July 2010 by John

Science

First experimental validation of relativity fudged

Programming

Tim Bray on the state of Perl
Jason Adams’ Ruby gem for random number generation

Education

10 ways my thinking has changed
Math class needs a makeover: Dan Meyer at TED
Dumbing yourself down to get a dumb job

Life

The acceleration of addictiveness

Twitter

RegexTip starts over with basics next week
Daily tip accounts

Jazz

Hugh Laurie (House) sings the blues
Miles Davis and John Coltrane: So What

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3 comments on “Weekend miscellany”

Sarah says:

1 August 2010 at 10:11

The article about Eppington is interesting in the light of the current events with Duke and Anil Potti…
anon says:

3 August 2010 at 06:48

John – there’s a typo in Hugh Laurie’s name
John says:

3 August 2010 at 06:50

Thanks. I fixed it.

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