My thoughts and prayers are with the family, especially Emma. She got to know grandpop over the past couple months and she liked him very much.
She is blissfully unaware right now, but the questions will come. They can’t be blown off – she simply doesn’t fall for distractions so easily anymore.
How deep you explain death to a three year old – one that is intellectually curious and has the smarts to handle it – will be hard. Even if it is the simple, “he’s in heaven, with mom-mom Rita and God”.
BRILLIANT: Daily News: Will Bunch: Newspapers should give away free netbooks
MSNBC.com: Wireless carriers see net from netbooks
NYTimes: Finding Hope Online, and Hoping a Job Follows – the story of Raymond Vaughn, out of work window installer, and his foray into online education in hopes to build a new career.
Salon: Gated communities of learning – the cost of higher education keeps rising, at time where it is increasingly an environment.
Ask Slashdot: With a Computer Science Degree, an Old Man At 35? – how should someone a little older than usual get back on track with his or her education?
guardian.co.uk: Online and on the money: – online and state colleges are seeing a boom in growth.
Times Online: Harvard’s masters of the apocalypse
The Internet revolution being felt in media, politics, art, will transform the education system over the next few years. Some related links:
Knowledge@Wharton: ‘The Objective of Education Is Learning, Not Teaching’
a vc: Hacking Education
a vc: One Thing You Don’t Need To Be An Entrepreneur: A College Degree
New Scientist: ‘iTunes university’ better than the real thing
correct me if i’m wrong: The Paradox of Self-Education
That’s Aislyn Oliver, who , along with her husband, John Washington, recently talked with Daniel Rubin, and shared their inspirational story with and the Inquirer.
Cinder, Shelley Powers’s favorite chimp at the St. Louis Zoo, passed away, along with her family members, from a cold last week.
Shelley, and all of you that followed their lives at the St. Louis Zoo – my thoughts are with you.
comcast.net Music: JT Ramsay: Is the Rock Star Dead?:
The days of major labels turning ordinary people into rock stars is over. There will be pop hits here and there, but chances are you’ll never see someone reach the heights of (sustainable) fame in the manner that artists as disparate as Guns ‘N Roses and Britney Spears enjoyed again. You could blame Britney and Miley, but we’ve always had pop stars. We could just as soon blame Frankie Avalon!
But that’s not just because of the major label’s money woes. It’s that major music media just keeps disappearing, whether it’s in print or on television. It seems much tougher for stars to create myths about themselves at a time when we know even the most minute details about them, whether it’s through outlets like TMZ.com, or from the star’s themselves (or their ghost-tweeters) via Twitter.
Check out fellow Comcaster Mat Schaffer’s Mac Dashcode widget, “iSepta Train View”. As the name suggests, it mashes up data from the fantastic iSepta.org with Septa’s own Train View for a concise look into Septa’s regional rail status.
YouTube: Arcattack: Faraday Fun-Imperial March:
Most well known for playing Lorne on Angel, a demon who could predict your future if you sung or hummed a tune. It doesn’t seem right he was so young. You can pay your respects at this link.