Friday 11/30/12

What happens when you get bad lip readers to dub the presidential debates? This:

Giving Tuesday happened this week:
http://givingtuesday.org/

And so in commemoration, I'm turning bananas in the meals for homeless people through banana bread. All proceeds go to the Union Rescue Mission. Eat up and pay up!
http://urm.org/

Friday 11/9/12

This week Duncan submitted the following fascinating video on changing education paradigms:

If you're interested in taking a free online university course from one of over 30 leading universities from around globe, check out Coursera. They offer courses in just about everything for all levels. It even includes prestigious Ivy League schools:
https://www.coursera.org/

Alternatively Khan academy offers a different style of online learning suitable for all: children through adults. This one is especially good for learning a particular thing if you don't have the time for a course.
http://www.khanacademy.org/

And lastly, a reminder that Zoo has a Lynda.com account offering video tutorials and training material for software and a whole host of subjects. Log in details are available from Neda or myself:
http://www.lynda.com