I have heard tons about this project -- mostly from OLPC sources, I suppose. Nice to actually track it down.
"In its noble mission to bring technology access to every child, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is planning a bizarre distribution tactic: XO-3 tablets will be airdropped into remote areas for kids to just pick up and start using, without instructions or people to guide them." - I don't believe that NN actually said this. But it would be pretty crazy if he did.
"The fact is, nobody wants to hear about your dissertation."
We lean from homework, not from lectures. Nobody is surprised but it's still useful to see.
"It is a question of do schools fit the medical reality of teenagers?" he said.
Sounds like this is going to be a great column by the (great herself) Eszter Hargittai.
Cool example of the effects of outliers on regression models.
Eben Moglen's grade policy. This makes me so happy I did my undergrad at Hampshire.
Books I will miss dearly. Handwriting, not so much. I certainly forgot how to write in cursive and don't lose any sleep over it.
Student Statement on The Right to Research
Simple intro to graphic programming in Python. From pfctdayelise.
Very cool statistics demonstration on OLS. Clearest demonstration I've seen.
