You can hear a song, listen to all the words, perceive all the intonations in the vocals, and still come back to it after hundreds of plays over the span of years and have that “aha†moment where the soul of every hand that touched its creation infects and overwhelms you.
Dream on.
The DJ calls it “IÂ Wanna Bulletproof Dancer.” I call it magic!
“I am fed up with this tyranny of either or choices in life. Either it’s men or it’s women. We need to start embracing the beauty of balance. So let’s move away from thinking about business here and philanthropy there and let’s start thinking about doing good business. That’s how we change the world. That’s the only sustainable future.” – Halla Tomasdottir
Conrad Wolfram thinks math education needs a major refresh. He asserts that the way we teach math to children today in no way matches the ways it needs to be practically applied once you’ve moved into the job sphere. To change that, he suggests that we start teaching math by way of programming.
I am happily biased on this topic and I agree wholeheartedly. My interest in math wasn’t sparked until I discovered the programming features of my TI-83 calculator. I haven’t reflected on my math education in many years, but I am now angry at the disservice my educators did for me. Once they learned that I knew how to write these tiny programs, they wouldn’t allow me to use the calculator during class or during tests. Every other student sat there with the same TI-83, the same access to utility, and I was forced to use a 10-key calculator and show all of my work on paper. The sad truth is, because I wrote the program, I knew more about the actual mathematic problem at hand than anyone else in the room.
I’m happy to say that I wasn’t discouraged. I still followed my fascination with being able to make real world problems more simple not only for me, but for everyone. I followed that path right into my current position, where making software is my full time job, and I love it.
We should be teaching children how to solve real world problems as much as possible.
Lady Gaga asked for our video responses. Here is mine. Call your senator, ask them to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
No, he’s not literally covering up a man named Alejandro, he’s singing Lady Gaga’s song Alenjandro. This is easily one of the best Lady Gaga covers that I’ve seen. I know it’s meant as comedy, but I really do enjoy the more theatrical, broadway-esque form that the song takes on.
[via omg blog]