Cool video documenting father-daughter project of filming crabs. How many school projects give you enough time for many Iteration-s? How many would give a good grade for still failing after 2 tries? Actually, you shouldn't get a good grade for failing after 2 times, you should have enough time for 8 tries, with some documentation of the process of learning through iteration (as opposed to trying 8 random things). And that learning process is the basis for the grade - not the outcome. (Though I'm a bit wary of ignoring outcome, as that's the ultimate Real World FeedBack... hmmm...) (Project Based Learning, Failure, Scientific Method, Lean Startup)

Even Nursing (HealthCare) UnEmployment is up. California has spent at least $95 million in federal, state and private funds in the past decade to double the number of nursing graduates by expanding college programs and grants... Fewer nurses are retiring during the recession, and hospitals are saving money by turning to veteran or temporary nurses who don't need expensive training... The nursing shortage will return during the next decade as the economy picks up, boomers begin to retire and California's insured population grows, Bates said... Rookie nurses hired by hospitals tend to have either advanced degrees or experience with the hospital, according to a 2010 survey by the California Institute for Nursing and Health Care.

The EFF reviews a year of government anti-TransparenCy. President Barack Obama [accepts](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/obama-finally-accepts-his-transparency-award-behind-closed-doors/2011/03/31/A F Rpl O9 B_blog.html) a transparency award... behind closed doors.

Robot toy kit - $300 (more)

*Eight of the largest Web companies have endorsed an online piracy bill offered by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) as an alternative to the unpopular Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate counterpart, Protect I P. (more)

Venkatesh Rao thinks that having a "ThrustEngine" (Passion?) makes your whole life better. If you don’t have a thrust engine in your life, drag reduction will also become nearly impossible, because there is no source of energy. Everything from getting organized to losing weight becomes easier if you have a thrust engine humming. Not only do you have a reason to reduce drag (free up more resources for thrust), you have the means to do so. (more)

Author of Earth (Brins Earth), which as a sideline offers a view of a society with advanced web-like information technology. And many other SciFi books. (more)

Economist, Urban author (more)

Brain Fart Of The Day (more)

Atul Gawande on "The Bell Curve" as relates to HealthCare treatment success rates. See also interview with Gawande. Transparent Society, The Craft, Innovation, Free Agent, etc. The hardest question for anyone who takes responsibility for what he or she does is, What if I turn out to be average?... Somehow, what troubles people isn't so much being average as settling for it. (more)

Mark Bernstein paraphrasing the BauHaus (The Craft): "The ultimate aim of all Creative activity is the WebSite!"

Earth Web, by Marc Stiegler ISBN:067157809X (more)

Wanting to try EBook on OLPC. See 2007-12-11-OlpcEbook (more)

see related SeaLand, Free State Project (more)

George Joseph Stigler (January 17, 1911 – December 1, 1991) was a U.S. economist. He won the Nobel Memorial Prize (Nobel Prize) in Economic Sciences in 1982, and was a key leader of the Chicago School of Economics, along with his close friend Milton Friedman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stigler

higher-end Digital Camera (aka DSLR) (more)

ex-Governor of New Mexico. (more)

Gary Johnson first expressed his interest in being among Presidential Candidates 2012 back in 2009. He formally announced he'd seek the Republican bid on Apr21'2011. He was barred from a number of the Republican Party debates. (more)

I'm unlikely to vote for a major party candidate this time. I definitely will not vote for Barack Obama or anyone with a significant role in his administration.

Plugin for Word Press-multisite to support Social Networking (among the blogs on that server?) (more)