Kevin Olusola (cello) and Greg Pattillo (flute) are two examples of what good things can happen when traditional concert hall instruments are mashed up with beatbox.
Open Mic Night for TED
To help push some boundaries, TED 2012 is opening their stage to public speakers with innovative ideas and ways to present them.
Ode to Jabberwocky
Carter memorized Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky this week, and then wrote a tribute:
The Periodic Table of Little 500
Larry Buchanan of the IDS adapts the periodic table of elements to a form more appropriate for this week of Little 500.
Sweet!
Kevyn Smith and Jeremy Johnson have been turning tweets into songs for six months, but it took a fake snake to clue me in to @wesingyourtweets.
Spies Like Me
The Geek Zodiac replaces all those Chinese animals with stuff that matters to Geeks. I’m jealous of Archie’s sign: Time Traveler.
Funding the Community Arts
The Wisdom of Play is a suite of community engagement activities taking place in May 2011. We are trying to raise at least $2000 to cover the material costs using Kickstarter.