cool stuff

too many dinosaurs

This talk by Jack Horner has been stuck in my brain...I just found this idea so compelling: instead of lots of dinosaurs, there where many fewer and the paleontologists have been finding babies, juveniles, and adults and thinking they were different species, when really they weren't.

In high school I got to go to Egg Mountain in Montana as a Girl Scout and work on the dig there for two weeks. Jack Horner's son was there, John. He was HOT. And I remember finding a big bone and asking him what it was. He asked me. I asked back. He raised his voice. I raised mine. Finally he was shouting at me: WHAT IS THIS BONE? I finally guessed and said a femur? He said sure. I then realized he had no clue either.

Anyway, watch this video and ponder. Good times.

awesome video about snapping turtles

fun video...short.

http://vimeo.com/20042831

fun.

children and learning

Humm...this brings up more questions than solutions. What do you do? How do you change the system? Thoughts?

fun video about stuff

The Dumpster Project from mac premo on Vimeo.

What is he going to do with stuff?

education and creativity

This guy is a) really funny and b) I think makes some interesting points about education and creativity. The video is 20 minutes, but really worth it...even if you don't have any interest in education...

I have been thinking a lot about unstructured playtime and children and its importance for creativity. It is so important but I don't think our society actually promotes creativity. We send kids to school at 3 years old, or daycare even eariler, because we need dual incomes (or so we think...). But going to school is really society's way of socializing people to follow the herd. In order for society to function, we all have to do approximately the same things, otherwise there would be chaos. Starting kids in school early helps us socialize kids.

That said I don't see me staying home with my kids...but my friends who do, do a WONDERFUL job. I will try to emmulate their efforts. Before considering kids, though, I really felt that society had been cheated of these stay-at-home mom's abilities to contribute to society. These women are some of the smartest people I know, and to my then thinking self, they were squandering their abilities on their kids.

Thinking changes.

this is small living

hat tip to Krista!

fun video about the acquisition of language

so cute

even funnier

cake or pie? which do you prefer?

Watch the full episode. See more Mark Twain Prize.

hope this helps

cute video

Ishihara - English version from Yoav Brill on Vimeo.

interesting video

very cool video

Kim Rugg from Cool Hunting on Vimeo.

zach galifianaks and bruce willis

Funny...until it is not...

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Bruce Willis from Bruce Willis

awesome

Bad Things That Could Happen from This Is It on Vimeo.

your desk

Do you have a desk? Not everyone does. I love my desk. The image on the banner is of my desk. We found it at a store randomly, and bought it on the spot. I am not even sure I was looking for a desk then. Anyway, this is a movie about desks and what they mean. Only 6 minutes...worth the watch.

Desk - Music and Sound Design from Aaron Trinder Film:Motion:Music on Vimeo.

love this video