Archives:
BlogSchmog

BlogSchmog has been publishing anecdotes about the Makice family as they grow, learn and laugh. Topics range from parenting two boys to academic projects.

This is our catch-all category containing almost all of our posts. Select a different category to narrow down the content.

Googling the Future

Randall Munroe draws a picture of our future using Google searches for the next 90 years. I doubt I’ll live to see Gillette’s 14-bladed razor.

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.

Redefining Apathy

Dave Meslin claims voter apathy is not about laziness or being selfish. It is a systemic web of obstacles placed before us that discourages political action.

Big History

Last month, I wrote about educator David Christian’s TED talk for GeekDad. Earlier this week, the video of this talk was released.

Being Human

The Web Ecology Project recently completed a two-week social experiment where Twitter bots tried to pass as human. This reminded me of a couple other projects related to fakery on Twitter, Truthy and Cyc AI.

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.

Meta

Click

Tag Cloud

Photos

www.flickr.com
This is a Flickr badge showing public photos and videos from kmakice.