The Drinks are On Us! and Us! and Us Too!

I got a text message a couple days ago.. would I be available Saturday night to play a judge in a one-act play based (very loosely) on local history? Sure, why not? Similar:Made it to the closing performance @quantumtheatreDramaPinkalicious — "Buzz Off"My daughter plays the Bumblebee in “Buzz…AestheticsAstronaut Luca Parmitano describes near-drowning experience in spaceWith…

Microphowned

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How Americans Die

Fantastic data visualization. How Americans Die. Similar:Ukraine’s Three-to-One AdvantageThe author notes that he can’t confirm w…CultureSharing memes about news you don’t see is lazy. Be part of the solution!CultureThe Key To Better Work? E-mail Less, Flow MoreWhat the researchers found was that the …BusinessEducators approve national campaign to halt high stakes, “toxic tests”Not a news…

The Dadliest Decade

The eighties, at least, were drenched in cocaine and neon, slick cars and yacht parties, a real debauched reaction. But nineties white culture was all earnest yearning: the sorrow of Kurt Cobain and handwringing over selling out, crooning boy-bands and innocent pop starlets, the Contract With America and the Starr Report. It was all so…

The Benefits of Writing Crap (A Reminder)

A first draft gives you something to go on in the future. Because you will rewrite this draft. And you’ll rewrite it again after the first time. So, don’t rush the process. (And I’m talking to myself as much as to you.) At the same time, I think its important to acknowledge that writing “masterful…

How to Lie with Data Visualization

Data visualization is one of the most important tools we have to analyze data. But it’s just as easy to mislead as it is to educate using charts and graphs. In this article we’ll take a look at 3 of the most common ways in which visualizations can be misleading. —Heap Data Blog. Similar:Crazy-looking keyboards…

Understanding Poetry

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My Day of Digital Humanities

I’ve blogged a bit as part of today’s Day of Digital Humanities. Day of Digital Humanities on Twitter. Similar:Incoming Seton Hill Students Pick Up Their MacBooks and iPads TodayI find it impossible not to be cheerful …AcademiaA Revolutionary Approach to Treating PTSDInhabiting an improvised play designed t…HomeInfinite Scrolling: XKCD's Creative Insight on a Common Interface…