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Zipcar Ad Exposes Common Bike Misconception
This article explores why Zipcar is grasping at straws. The Zipcar ad really does show a problem commonly solved by panniers, bike basket, bike trailer or cargo cycle. Or a rolling shopping cart and bus fare. Seriously? You need a 2000 lb vehicle to cary a … Briefcase? Marketers have molded us well, haven’t they?…
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Javascript Object Inheritance
http://phrogz.net/js/classes/OOPinJS2.html This is as clear an example of Javascript object inheritance as I’ve yet found, and I’m grateful to have found it!
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7 community and group sharing sites (Brain Pickings)
These are pretty neat. http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/08/30/7-ways-to-have-more-by-owning-less/
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The Montessori Mafia (WSJ)
There are lots of ideas about early education, this one almost seems like an advertisement. http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/04/05/the-montessori-mafia/
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Khan Academy — neato!
Khan Academy has an incredible selection of educational videos intended as a teacher resource and as self-paced student exercises. Good intro video.
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Ikea Stonehenge « How to be a Retronaut
So much like Lego instructions, too! http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.howtobearetronaut.com%2F2011%2F02%2Fikea-stonehenge%2F
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Inverviews on Peak Oil
Below is a 20 minute video featuring interviews with Noam Champsky and Bill Mckibben and others on why the US seems legally bound and why CEOs may be too frightened to honestly confront peak oil and climate change.
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