Killing Math and A Broken NASA

Space, Etc.

• "NASA Is Broken and It's Up To Us to Fix It": '... the lack of a consistent vision has been a problem. The manned program is specifically called out as a paragon of confusion. "Other than the long-range goal of sending humans to Mars," notes the report, "there is no strong, compelling national vision for the human spaceflight program, which is arguably the centerpiece of NASA's spectrum of mission areas."'

• Golden Spike Commercial Lunar Missions

• Scale comparisons of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Capsules and Launchers

Math Education

• Kill Math: "We are no longer constrained by pencil and paper. The symbolic shuffle should no longer be taken for granted as the fundamental mechanism for understanding quantity and change. Math needs a new interface."

• Better Explained: There’s always a better way to explain an idea. Insights are fluid, mutable, and work for different people. I’m sharing the insights that helped me, hoping they’ll help you too. Here’s my take on learning.

• Artificial Chimera

Sports Analysis

• The Case for Dennis Rodman

Computing

• Zim, a Desktop Wiki/Text Editor

• Computing Freedom and Power and Control

Chemistry

• Things I Won't work with: Chemist Derek Lowe's list of scary substances

• Fluorine: "The Tiger of Chemistry"

Sociology and Government

• "Why Waiting In Line Is Torture"

• "The Case For Governing By Lottery'

How it's made

• How Glasses Are Made At Lenscrafters, A Pictorial Account