{"id":552,"date":"2008-09-12T09:32:53","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T14:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherrycoated.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/12\/links-for-2008-09-12\/"},"modified":"2008-09-12T09:32:53","modified_gmt":"2008-09-12T14:32:53","slug":"links-for-2008-09-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.webliminal.com\/webliminalblog\/a-place-to-bury-strangers\/links-for-2008-09-12","title":{"rendered":"TED Talks, surface area &#38; A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2008-09-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webliminal.com\/images\/sidepics\/sp158.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"22px;\" src=\"http:\/\/webliminal.com\/images\/sidepics\/cwdata\/sp158.jpg\" alt=\"Gran Morne Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland\" hspace=\"22\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/talks\/alan_kay_shares_a_powerful_idea_about_ideas.html\">Alan Kay shares a powerful idea about ideas | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">With all the intensity and brilliance for which he is known, Alan Kay envisions better techniques for teaching kids by using computers to illustrate experience in ways -\u00e2\u20ac\u201c mathematically and scientifically &#8212; that only computers can.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/kay\">kay<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/teaching\">teaching<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/tedtalks\">tedtalks<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/talks\/jimmy_wales_on_the_birth_of_wikipedia.html\">Jimmy Wales on the birth of Wikipedia | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Jimmy Wales recalls how he assembled &#8220;a ragtag band of volunteers,&#8221; gave them tools for collaborating and created Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, never-finished online encyclopedia.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/wikipedia\">wikipedia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/wiki\">wiki<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/social\">social<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/tedtalks\">tedtalks<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/talks\/brewster_kahle_builds_a_free_digital_library.html\">Brewster Kahle builds a free digital library | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/internet\">internet<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/library\">library<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/tedtalks\">tedtalks<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/online\">online<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/education\">education<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/talks\/will_wright_makes_toys_that_make_worlds.html\">Will Wright makes toys that make worlds | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/spore\">spore<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/tedtalks\">tedtalks<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/ted\">ted<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/game\">game<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/home.att.net\/~numericana\/answer\/geometry.htm#oblate\">Geometry and Topology &#8211; Numericana<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">In the same way that a circle turns into a solid sphere, an ellipse can become a solid &#8220;ellipsoid&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/formula\">formula<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/surfacearea\">surfacearea<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/ellipsoid\">ellipsoid<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.murderousmaths.co.uk\/books\/BKMM7xea.htm\">VICIOUS CIRLES: Ellipses and Ellipsoids<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">In the same way that a circle turns into a solid sphere, an ellipse can become a solid &#8220;ellipsoid&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/volume\">volume<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/ellipsoid\">ellipsoid<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/math\">math<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/ernestackermann\/formula\">formula<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pollstar.com\/news\/viewnews.pl?NewsID=11225\">Pollstar &#8212; The Concert Hotwire<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">And the U.K. is A Place To Bury Strangers as the band tours the islands come late November \/ December. 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