kottke.orgJason Kottke's weblog, home of fine hypertext productsThe School of Life- September 10, 2008 London's School of Life bills itself as "a place where you can try out a variety of cultural solutions to everyday ailments". They offer schooling, travel holidays, bibliotherapy, expert sermons, and conversational meals. We offer courses about the big issues of life -- love, politics, work, family, play. The courses have been devised by leading authors, artists, actors and academics. They combine the experiences of a remarkable faculty with insights from great thinkers of the past, to offer...http://www.kottke.org/08/09/the-school-of-life Ten things you don't know about the earth- September 10, 2008 A list of ten things that you didn't know about the earth. My favorite one, by far: But what if you did dig a hole through the Earth and jump in What would happenWell, you'd die (see below). But if you had some magic material coating the walls of your 13,000 km deep well, you'd have quite a trip. You'd accelerate all the way down to the center, taking about 20 minutes to get there. Then, when you passed the center, you'd start falling up for another 20 minutes, slowing the whole way. You'd...http://www.kottke.org/08/09/ten-things-you-dont-know-about-the-earth Mad Men wallpaper- September 10, 2008 These Mad Men illustrations done by Nobody's Sweetheart are fantastic. Oh, Joan! And wallpaper-sized to boot! The full-sized Sally Draper's Cocktail Cheat Sheet is awesome. (via merlin)http://www.kottke.org/08/09/mad-men-wallpaper Chronotron Flash game- September 10, 2008 I know it's only Wednesday, but I'm going to lay ruin to your productivity for the rest of the week with this little number: Chronotron. It's a Flash game where you and your past selves work together to complete puzzles. Just like in The Five Doctors. (Sort of.) (link)http://www.kottke.org/08/09/chronotron-flash-game The Invention of Air, Steven Johnson's new book- September 10, 2008 Steven Johnson's new book is called The Invention of Air. It has an organizing theme of how innovative ideas emerge and spread in a society, while integrating many different threads along the way: 18th-century London coffeehouse culture; the Adams-Jefferson letters; the origins of ecosystem science; the giant dragonflies of the Carboniferous Era; the impact of energy deposits on British political change; the discovery of the gulf stream; the Alien and Sedition acts; Jefferson's bible; the...http://www.kottke.org/08/09/the-invention-of-air-steven-johnsons-new-book |