November 2010
17 posts
Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in A Minor
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Animated Films for Grown-Ups →
Writing for The Morning News, Matthew Baldwin shares some of his favorite animated films for adults. If ony Tim Burton’s magical Corpse Bride was on the list. (via kottke)
The Secret Lives of Professors →
Matt Welsh, Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, writes:
I came to Harvard 7 years ago with a fairly romantic notion of what it meant to be a professor — I imagined unstructured days spent mentoring students over long cups of coffee, strolling through the verdant campus, writing code, pondering the infinite. I never really considered doing anything else. At Berkeley, the reigning...
wafflewafflewafflewaffle asked: What are you getting your PhD in?
wafflewafflewafflewaffle asked: It's so nice to know that there really are other nerds out there.
*sigh of relief*
Keep it up.
*sigh of relief*
Keep it up.
“I never thought I should live to grow blasé about the sound of gunfire, but so I...”
– George Orwell, in his diary entry for 16 November 1940.
How I Got My Totem →
A beautiful story from Henrietta. These are the experiences that define our very being, and live with us forever.
She writes:
In your first summer camp in Belgium, you are earn a “totem” - an animal is chosen for you by the camp leaders, one they think fits both your physical attributes and personality. There was a Saluki, a Lionceau, a Zibeline and a Jaguarondi, amongst others;...
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“Ten years on I’m disillusioned for the opposite reasons to the angry...”
– Viv Groskop in The Guardian