Archive for July, 2009

Fixing Things

Anyone who has not already found it should immediately go look at There, I Fixed It. It is a hilarious photo blog documenting the world’s most jury-rigged fixes, most epic kludges, and finest disasters in the making.

War in Platonic Heaven

Or something like that.
Insect eats time:

[Video: 36 Pop songs, but only 4 chords..]

…and time eats insects.

Spending on Public Schools

The amount of money which American public schools waste is a major problem. In fact, it’s an utter catastrophe, albeit one that most people are completely unaware of. Andrew Coulson lays out the magnitude of this disaster:

In 1974-75, California spent $1,373 per pupil on k-12 public schooling. By 2006-07, it was spending $10,937. Adjusting the earlier [...]