Schools are evil, here's why.

Quoted: Teaching means many different things, but six lessons are common to schoolteaching from Harlem to Hollywood. You pay for these lessons in more ways than you can imagine, so you might as well know what they are

Fine chocolatier. Eating some of their ridiculous 99% cacao chocolate "noir infini" right now.

My college classmate's startup. It's a cool collaborative writing website, where you can contribute to other people's projects, or start your own and get people to help you.

Quoted: Channel your literary genius through WEbook, an online book publishing company that has turned the traditional print business inside-out. Achieve your long-awaited dream of publishing a book within this online studio lounge for writing intellectuals.

Web interface to all Pink Floyd music.

An interesting perspective on recent history: industrialization created free time (unused mental capacity or "cognitive surplus"), TV filled it at first but now we are finding more constructive ways to apply it.

Quoted: I started telling [a TV producer] about the Wikipedia article on Pluto...She heard this story and she shook her head and said, "Where do people find the time?" That was her question. And I just kind of snapped. And I said, "No one who works in TV gets to ask that question. You know where the time comes from. It comes from the cognitive surplus you've been masking for 50 years."

Was looking for CSS metalanguage, stumbled on this.

Quoted: The closest you'll get to the Old West short of a time machine!

We got blogged by Mashable

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Quoted: Computers, in Wozniak's scheme, will increase our intellectual capacity and enhance our rational self-control. Wozniak is a kind of algorithmic man. He's exploring what it's like to live in strict obedience to reason. On first encounter, he appears to be one of the happiest people I've ever met.

TeachStreet launched their beta site today. They help you find classes from local teachers (only Seattle for now). Exercise, language, cooking, and all kinds of other learning available. Educate thyself!

Quoted: TeachStreet helps people find local teachers, classes and tutors who help them learn new things. Teachers use TeachStreet to find local students.