that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed
1. Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's circumference around 200 BC
2. Hippolyte Fizeau's measurement of the speed of light in 1849.
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Simple Ideas
Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound
scientific discoveries
that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed
1. Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's circumference around 200 BC
2. Hippolyte Fizeau's measurement of the speed of light in 1849.
that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed
1. Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's circumference around 200 BC
2. Hippolyte Fizeau's measurement of the speed of light in 1849.
Learning from Mistakes
QUOTES:
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something.
But I can't accept not trying."
―Michael Jordan
“If you're not failing every now and again,
it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.”
―Woody Allen
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
― Albert Einstein
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
― George Bernard Shaw
VIDEO:
Diana Laufenberg shares 3 surprising things she has learned about teaching ―
including a key insight about learning from mistakes.
1. Experiential Learning
2. Student Voice
3. Embracing Failure
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something.
But I can't accept not trying."
―Michael Jordan
“If you're not failing every now and again,
it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.”
―Woody Allen
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
― Albert Einstein
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
― George Bernard Shaw
VIDEO:
Diana Laufenberg shares 3 surprising things she has learned about teaching ―
including a key insight about learning from mistakes.
1. Experiential Learning
2. Student Voice
3. Embracing Failure
Wisdom
Famous people answering questions
"One of the reasons I haven't slipped into some sort of retirement, is I always feel like I'm learning something new all the time."
Clint Eastwood, 83
"One of the reasons I haven't slipped into some sort of retirement, is I always feel like I'm learning something new all the time."
Clint Eastwood, 83
No Time for Nuts
Chris Renaud wrote and storyboarded the animated short No Time for Nuts (2006), which featured the popular Ice Age character Scrat. It wound up scoring an Academy Award nomination for Best Short Film, Animated, and won Renaud a Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject.
Chris Renaud IMDB profile
Chris Renaud wikipedia bio
Friday, December 6, 2013
Steve Gadd: Drummer
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins383803.html#DkGPVuSmXI6MAOMt.99
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins383803.html#DkGPVuSmXI6MAOMt.99
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins383803.html#DkGPVuSmXI6MAOMt.99
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins383803.html#DkGPVuSmXI6MAOMt.99
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins383803.html#DkGPVuSmXI6MAOMt.99
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/alberteins383803.html#DkGPVuSmXI6MAOMt.99
-Albert Einstein
Video of Steve Gadd explaining his drumming structure in
Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" 1975
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
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Steve Gadd Website
Bio: Steve Gadd
Jerry Reed & Chet Atkins
Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins doing "Jerry's Breakdown" on Pop Goes the Country 1975
Jerry Reed Bio
Chet Atkins Bio
Friday, November 29, 2013
Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty
Spiral Jetty is an earthwork sculpture constructed in April, 1970 that is considered to be the central work of American sculptor Robert Smithson. He documented the construction of the sculpture in a 32-minute color film also titled Spiral Jetty.
In the News: Spiral Jetty
Spiral Jetty Movie excerpt
Spiral Jetty Pictures
robertsmithson.com
Video: Nick Gillen
Nick Gillen is currently a student at Huntington Fine Arts.
Watch Nick Gillen Video
Nick Gillen Website
Nick Gillen Website
Vivian Maier: Photographer
Vivian Maier (1926 – 2009) was an American street photographer. She worked for approximately forty years as a nanny in Chicago, Illinois. During those years, she took more than 100,000 photographs, primarily of people and cityscapes in Chicago, although she traveled and photographed worldwide.
She never saw the photos.
Maier’s massive body of work would come to light when in 2007 her work was discovered at a local thrift auction house on Chicago’s Northwest Side. From there, it would eventually impact the world over and change the life of the man who championed her work and brought it to the public eye, John Maloof.
http://www.vivianmaier.com/
Wikipedia Biography
Watch Earth from Space
Watch Earth from space in REAL-TIME:
ISS to be fitted with HD webcams that beam live footage
Article: Earth Realtime
Website: http://www.urthecast.com/
Friday, November 22, 2013
QUOTE: "We choose to go to the moon."
JFK Speech to congress
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"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."
John F. Kennedy,
September 12, 1962
Rice University Speech: Full Video
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Rice University Speech, 1962 (excerpt)
"We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."
John F. Kennedy,
September 12, 1962
Rice University Speech: Full Video
Philips Cinema Parallel: Porcelain Unicorn
What is that?
It’s a unicorn.
Never seen one up close before.
Beautiful.
Get away, get away!
I’m sorry.
It’s a unicorn.
Never seen one up close before.
Beautiful.
Get away, get away!
I’m sorry.
Commenting on his choice of winner, Sir Ridley Scott said:
“I chose Porcelain Unicorn to be the winning film as it had a very strong narrative; a very complete story that was well told and executed.”
Kurt Vonnegut Letter
On the 16th of November, Kurt Vonnegut sent McCarthy
the following letter. He didn't receive a reply.
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