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Comcast Digital Cable ghosts of mars online , what have you done for me lately? From the poor UX to the decreasing utility of live TV, Claire and I got rid of the box, increased our bandwidth, and moved to the world of webtv. Now powered by a Mac Mini, our value per unit of tv time has gone way up.

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TED Talks - TED (Technology Entertainment Design) is an annual conference with the mission of discussing “ideas worth spreading.” These talks are some of the most informative, concise expressions of thinking anywhere on the web.

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Posted 11am on 05/24/08 | read on

Creativity: undervalued in education

Brilliant talk. Sir Ken Robinson shares a vision of human potential that is far richer than what our current education system credits us for.

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if you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.

we are now running national education systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make.

we don’t grow into creativity, we grow out of creativity, or rather we get educated out of it.

Shakespere was a child at some point… he was in somebody’s English class

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our education system has mined our minds the way we strip mine the earth, for a particular commodity, and it won’t serve us.

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Mark Bittman on what's wrong with what we eat | Video on TED.com

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“In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what’s wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it’s putting the entire planet at risk.”

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“Those who can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

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a fitting quote as FISA passes (with a yay vote from Obama no less - political expediency is enough to make you want to puke sometimes)

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Posted 12am on 01/11/08 | read on