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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Quiet time
A sportswriter shared this shot of a what one Crimson Tide player does before games. Young people: he's not much older than you.
If you can think it, this system will write it!
An amazing development: a system that translates brain activity into text, a boon for those who are physically unable to write or type. Main point: "The device – part of a longstanding research collaboration called BrainGate – is a brain-computer interface (BCI), that...
College versus a job doesn’t have to be a dilemma
Via Bloomberg, millennials are opting for jobs instead of enrolling in college. It doesn’t have to be an either-or dilemma. Many employers offer tuition assistance so employees can take advantage of degree programs like Bama By Distance. Through Bama At Work, You can...
Is news of Christianity’s decline premature?
Via Facebook and the Washington Post, when God is rejected in one place, He goes somewhere else: While rising numbers of “nones” — those who claim no religious affiliation when asked — claim the attention of religious pundits, the world tells a different story....
Is news of Christianity’s decline premature?
Via Facebook and the Washington Post, when God is rejected in one place, He goes somewhere else: While rising numbers of “nones” — those who claim no religious affiliation when asked — claim the attention of religious pundits, the world tells a different story....
Don’t fix it if you don’t know why it was made that way to begin with
Via Chesterton.org, a useful principle about change and reform: “The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, ‘I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.’ To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: ‘If you don’t...
Don’t fix it if you don’t know why it was made that way to begin with
Via Chesterton.org, a useful principle about change and reform: “The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, ‘I don’t see the use of this; let us clear it away.’ To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: ‘If you don’t...
Why write in your books
Via Brain Pickings, the importance of writing in your books: “[Marginalia is] simply too essential a canvas for digesting and disputing concepts, too key a voice box for our inner monologue about the world of words and ideas.”