Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The Weekly Interview: Siegfried & Roy, 10 years later - Las Vegas Weekly

The Weekly Interview: Siegfried & Roy, 10 years later - Las Vegas Weekly:
Hip-high rails have been constructed along those winding sidewalks, so Roy Horn has something firm and steady on which to lean as he makes his way around, visiting Little Bavaria’s animal kingdom, which includes horses, mini-donkeys, black swans, exotic chickens, African cranes, royal turkeys, canines and assorted cats, big and small. Siegfried Fischbacher ordered those rails built, once more providing support to his friend, life companion, performing partner and co-founder of a Strip show that entertained more than 25 million fans for more than 35 years. Siegfried also enforced the construction of a new house outfitted to offset Roy’s physical limitations, suffered a decade ago when he was dragged offstage by a white tiger named Montecore during a performance at the Mirage.

Monday, October 21, 2013

The Tyee – The Finnish Education of Tim Walker

The Tyee – The Finnish Education of Tim Walker
We have so much to learn.  If only our government leaders would be brave enough to transform our education system to the Finnish model.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

cloudpaint.com

cloudpaint.com
MacPaint shipped with the Macintosh in 1984 and is the mother of all modern graphics programs. If you miss those days, or never got a chance to experience MacPaint for yourself, developer Martin Braun has adapted it for the Web. Cloudpaint replicates both the features and interface of the original, which was developed by Bill Atkinson and Susan Kare, then later open-sourced in 2010.

TidBITS: FunBITS: Why Apple May Win the Gaming Market

TidBITS: FunBITS: Why Apple May Win the Gaming Market
I would love to buy a couple of controllers for the kids so they could play games on the apple tv......that would be a killer product in and of itself.

Sunday, October 06, 2013

Meet The New Serfs, Same As The Old Serfs | TechCrunch

Until the US disabuses themselves to the falsehood of social and economic mobility in their country (ie. the American dream) this situation will only get worse.  Unless they implement a massive wealth transfer in the form of universal health care (Obama Care is barely that), universal and well funded education at both the primary, secondary and post secondary levels they will continue to fall behind in world metrics of competitiveness and overall social mobility.
Meet The New Serfs, Same As The Old Serfs | TechCrunch

Saturday, October 05, 2013

Surprisingly simple scheme for self-assembling robots - MIT News Office

Known as M-Blocks, the robots are cubes with no external moving parts. Nonetheless, they’re able to climb over and around one another, leap through the air, roll across the ground, and even move while suspended upside down from metallic surfaces.�
Surprisingly simple scheme for self-assembling robots - MIT News Office