Slim Links November 19, 2009 

Eerie Quantum Art I wish that Julian Voss-Andreae had made some of these sculptures when I was in school. While we can’t really claim that they represent quantum physics concepts accurately, they still would’ve made reading about Bosons and Fermions more pleasant.[Gizmodo] The artist: Julian Voss-Andreae Some architecture I like Kärsämäki Shingle Church in Finland [...]

Slim Links May 31, 2009 

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Michael O’Brien. Probably the most admired man in Ireland right now. Q&A May 25th – response to question on Ryan Commission Report YouTube Link ‘It was murder of the soul’ A terrible legacy is born. What emerges from the publication of the Ryan Commission’s report on the penal system in which thousands of Irish children [...]

Slim Links March 23 2009 

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Building the 21st-Century Mind A professor of cognition and education reveals the five minds you need for success, how to make better decisions, and why ethics are critical. (Scientific American). U.N. Panel Says World Should Ditch Dollar A U.N. panel will next week recommend that the world ditch the dollar as its reserve currency in [...]