Just some news tidbits that flew my way. #1. Why economists are skinflints. In recent research, University of Washington economists Yoram Bauman and Elaina Rose found that economics majors were less likely to donate money to charity than students who majored in other fields. After majors in other fields took an introductory economics course, their […]

A video featuring all the Grand Masters of the Science Fiction Writers of America (through 2000, anyway). The video features voices that the years have stilled. I got chills. There’s a kind of prequel to this video featuring Jack Williamson, which for some reason is not available for embedding in such untrustworthy sites as this, […]

I’ve noticed that a lot of other bloggers are posting year-end summaries. Top ten news stories of 2009, favorite books of 2009, New Year’s resolutions for 2010, favorite blog posts of 2009, favorite 2009 blog posts by the owner of the blog. This is all fine, except maybe the last, which is kind of like […]

Beaker’s Ode to Joy. Note that it would be illegal for students at Danvers High School in Salem to attempt this.