Linksomnia
I knew I wouldn’t be tired the night before classes start. I avoided
coffee and everything! I don’t even have any classes meeting
tomorrow, and I’m still wired. So, some late-night links for
you, taken from bOING bOING: The enthralling, disturbing tale of the great Eve Online in-game scam; the
NY Times’ diagram
of links from Karl Rove to the Swift Veterans for “Truth”; the
undulating figure in Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” heard to say, “omg i been 0wn3d”. (This is actually
quite sad: it is likely that the unfenceable painting will simply be
destroyed over unpaid ransom.)
Unrelated: Anyone have any recommendations for an accessible
microeconomics textbook or essay collection? I continue to believe
that exposure to econ will help me in my future research, but before I
commit to an actual course I really need to be sure I can
stick with it at that level (or if I should just stick to the “I read a
great article” dinner-conversation level).