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xkcd - Gravity Wells : 重力の井戸 - 涙目で仕事しないSE

masuda — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:35:38 GMT

Quoted: This chart shows the "depth" of various solar system gravity wells.

Brigham Hill Consultancy

Sloane — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:29:41 GMT

Linc Eldridge's firm in Texas. Hiring for DOD in London :)

Quoted: Brigham Hill Consultancy provides retained executive search and related managementconsulting services to not-for-profit organizations. By combining the rigorous search protocols of the business world with a sensativity to the unique mission of not-for-profits, we help our clients secure quality leadership for their organizations as they undergo growth and change.

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「1年生から」がほぼ半数～携帯電話、所有の低年齢化が進む？：Enterprise：RBB TODAY (ブロードバンド情報サイト) 2009/12/04

masuda — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:41:42 GMT

Quoted: 所有した時期については、「小学1年生」という回答が48.2％と最も多く、ついで「小学2年生」（14.6％）、「小学3年生」（14.1％）となり、小学校低学年で8割を超えた。

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MIT OpenCourseWare | Introduction to Computer Programming

mike — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:56:45 GMT

I see MIT is not teaching intro to CS using Python! Wow (so long having been Lisp/Scheme based).

Looks like a fun course, and you can do most of it online here with access to lecture notes and assignments.

Quoted: This subject is aimed at students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems. It also aims to help students, regardless of their major, to feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The class will use the Python programming language.

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クリックしながら日本／世界地図を学ぶ、白地図も入手可（第23回）：恋する「おトク」「おもしろ」サイト

masuda — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:13:18 GMT

Quoted: そこでみつけたのが「世界地図」という、白地図のダウンロードサイト。ここではありとあらゆる世界・日本の白地図がダウンロードでき、全素材が個人利用、商用利用を問わず自由に利用可能、という大盤振る舞い（！？）なサイトだ。ビジネス書類を作るなどで白地図が必要の際はここからダウンロードして利用するとよいだろう。

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活字中毒R。

masuda — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:08:11 GMT

Quoted: 【答えることのできない問いには答えなくてよいのです。

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Fun & easy hallucinations for the squeamish

brad — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:55:41 GMT

Fun reading from The Boston Globe website.

Quoted: (...) The first thing to know is that the mind isn't a mirror, or even a passive observer of reality. Much of what we think of as being out there actually comes from in here, and is a byproduct of how the brain processes sensation. In recent years scientists have come up with a number of simple tricks that expose the artifice of our senses, so that we end up perceiving what we know isn't real - tweaking the cortex to produce something uncannily like hallucinations.

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Hal Abelson’s Android Class at MIT Expands to Nokia and Windows Mobile Phones—But No iPhone | Xconomy

mike — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:11:46 GMT

MIT trend in teaching CS toward more practical classes - like this one in building an Android application.

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Looking your bacon in the eye: Notes from a slaughter class

brad — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:09:31 GMT

The content is worth reading but the writing (by a University of Illinois grad student) is absolutely first-rate. It's so good, that I started re-reading the article, just to look for errors!

From the webzine: The Ethicurean

Quoted: (...) I truly believe that humane slaughter is important and possible, but, as I have been learning, here’s the truth about any slaughter: it is both morally difficult and really gross. (...) With a public unwilling to acknowledge the living nature of their food source, the meat industry has been free to institute practices that no compassionate person can countenance.

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Ravens’ Foxworth Is Building Home Museum to the Civil Rights Movement - NYTimes.com

drew_s — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:05:34 GMT

Very cool story about a Terp great. Liz, you'll have to forward it to Penelope ; )

Quoted: Later, looking at the collection, he said: “Not often, but on occasion I feel guilty. I have all this because I run real fast and I tackle people. I recognize why I’ve been able to do this. It’s not all because of me or my family or my teammates or my coaches. It’s more because of the faces on the walls in my basement.”

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Education: Recently Popular Faves

xkcd - Gravity Wells : 重力の井戸 - 涙目で仕事しないSE

Brigham Hill Consultancy

「1年生から」がほぼ半数 ～ 携帯電話、所有の低年齢化が進む？：Enterprise：RBB TODAY (ブロードバンド情報サイト) 2009/12/04

MIT OpenCourseWare | Introduction to Computer Programming

クリックしながら日本／世界地図を学ぶ、白地図も入手可（第23回）：恋する「おトク」「おもしろ」サイト

活字中毒R。

Fun & easy hallucinations for the squeamish

Hal Abelson’s Android Class at MIT Expands to Nokia and Windows Mobile Phones—But No iPhone | Xconomy

Looking your bacon in the eye: Notes from a slaughter class

Ravens’ Foxworth Is Building Home Museum to the Civil Rights Movement - NYTimes.com

「1年生から」がほぼ半数～携帯電話、所有の低年齢化が進む？：Enterprise：RBB TODAY (ブロードバンド情報サイト) 2009/12/04