December 2010
11 posts
“Instead, let’s focus on giving young people the skills society will be...”
– Charlie Brooker | How to cut tuition fees | Comment is free | The Guardian
.oO( annotatr ) →
“Many of those who embark on a PhD are the smartest in their class and will have...”
– Doctoral degrees: The disposable academic | The Economist
If the economist is harping on about this, it must really be bad.
Brazilian TV clown elected to high office, passes... →
sounds like this was Berlusconi’s approach too, except he never told.
“Constantin Gurdgiev, an economist at Trinity College Dublin says the Celtic...”
Unlock - index →
convert txt and postcodes to places, cool.
Ars on new publishing stuff →
Ars on Open Access →
Geeking with Greg: Papers on specialized databases... →
nice overview of some new DB technology coming out of Google.
“The Jews have certain traits. The Irish have certain — for example, the Irish...”
– Richard Nixon
SciReadr →
nice