Category Archives: link

[ rebecca blood ] A visual explanation of family relationships – no, not a funny story about types of uncles, but a guide to understanding the “third cousin twice removed” – in organisational chart style.

Some great advice from Richard Glover to his 18 year old son.

[ kottke ] Miniature NYC, a movie – a very cleverly made short film of some scenes from New York City, with some tilt-shift effects.

A short guide to understanding the factors in your own desire to conform.

28 things about starting (theological) graduate school – many of which apply to higher study in general. Some good lessons on study / life balance, and advice on what and how to read.

Are you addicted to fake achievement? (some bad language towards the end)

[ mark bernstein ] Aaron Swartz on how to read more books – a couple of workable solutions, and a couple of unworkable ones.

President’s day at Macalester College, Minnesota, from the viewpoint of Brian Rosenberg, the President of Macalester College – has something of a David Letterman sensibility to it.

John Lampard has an insightful little hypothetical day-in-the-life of what might have happened if the internet was not invented. Reminds me a lot of my first year of uni in 1994, when floppy discs were still a significant form of data transfer.

[ Mark Bernstein ] Foreclosing Possibilities – a long article about a new lawyer trying to help save someone’s home.