Sayre’s law states, in a formulation quoted by Charles Philip Issawi: “In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake.” (via wikipedia)
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Instead of Saying “I Don’t Have Time,” Say “It’s Not a Priority”
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Instead of Saying “I Don’t Have Time,” Say “It’s Not a Priority” – Laura Vanderkam
How one class brought SICP back at MIT
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Zombie-like, 6.001 rises from the dead to threaten students again. Unlike a zombie, though, it’s moving quite a bit faster than it did the first time. Like the original, don’t walk into the class expecting that it will teach you Scheme; instead, it attempts to teach thought patterns for computer science, and the structure and [...]
To again feel the creative voice
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Through an historical discussion of the role and nature of creativity in the sciences and mathematics, a process to have students find their creative voice is described (via stevem) I couldn’t elegantly put to words just how delightful this paper is about the nature of creativity and learning. If you have ever had the experience [...]
Oil filters and mango’s
Saturday, June 25, 2011
A few weeks ago I went out at 9pm at night and bought an oil filter for my 2005 motorcycle and a bunch of ripe mangos from the supermarket. This truly is paradise (and my standards are pretty high).
Motorcycles Tell Us a More Useful Truth
Friday, March 18, 2011
There is cold, and there is cold on a motorcycle. Cold on a motorcycle is like being beaten with cold hammers while being kicked with cold boots, a bone bruising cold. The wind’s big hands squeeze the heat out of my body and whisk it away; caught in a cold October rain, the drops don’t [...]
The Purpose of Interpersonal Relationships
Saturday, February 26, 2011
The purpose of an interpersonal relationship is to actively and continually facilitate the personal growth and development of each other as individuals, to enjoy the process together as it unfolds, to maximize ease, and to have fun doing it.
Do Looks Matter?
Friday, January 14, 2011
After posting this it got me thinking about a conversation I had with one of my friends. He argued that how a bike looks doesn’t really matter since you are in fact riding it and you will never see it 90% of the time. I agree; it is true. Keeping your bike fit and finished [...]
Whatever you focus on expands
Friday, January 7, 2011
Whatever you focus on expands – Unknown (via JLoft)