Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Collectania

Amazing map of the Internets.  Go here to learn about it.

Ice attacks home on Minnesota Lake.  Click here. (It is scarier if you watch it full screen.  Here is part two.The Aftermath.  (Found this at one of the most interesting Blogs on the Internet.
Highest paid public employees. What do we really value.  Go look.

Charles P. Pierce's take on Rand Paul's visit to Iowa... go Hillary.

I found this video interesting.  From the Book "Don't Sleep There Are Snakes."

An interactive timelapse map of the world showing changes over time from satellite photos.  Watch the world change over nearly three decades of satellite photography.  You can type in a location and it will take you to there to see the changes.  It is fascinating. Check it out here.
(Found on The Maddow Blog)

Fred Rogers was a wonderful man.  Here are 6 things you might not have known about him.

Here is a TED talk about Education.  It is the best I have ever heard.Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.
Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence

1 comment:

Ur-spo said...

one of my favorite things about Mr. Rogers is he was a seal man and has a h/o killing half dozen men in combat. I like this as this makes his gentleness a choice not a default.