Recumbent fixed, again
adminAbout 7 minutes from my house on my bike is a repair shop with an old man in it. He should be retired, and could probably sell his shop for…
Saving money by treating sewage
Over at Freakonomics an interview with Rose George, author of The Big Necessity, about treating human waste, shows that for every dollar spent on sewage treatment, seven dollars in health…
The Future of the Educational Marketplace
I was reading Stephen Downes' article on the Future of Online Learning, and ran into a paragraph that hit home more than the rest, about the marketplace for course content.…
Bowling Alone in a Recession
Reading the news today, a paragraph from David Brooks stands out as a prediction on the social fabric of the US as they (we?) enter into a prolonged recession. Finally,…
Implicit Knowledge
Thanks to the guys over at Freaknomics, specifically Ian Ayers editorial in the Los Angeles Times by the Police Commissioner, I have found a new tool. Ayers did a study…