| Blathering for Monday, 14 July 2008 |
15:45: Mikal shared: Help Mythbusters recreate Archimedes' death ray
- Want to be involved with a Mythbusters shoot and can get yourself to the Bay Area? Read this.
15:45: Mikal shared: Preoccupations - Expressing Passions (Just Not Your Own) - News Analysis - NYTimes.com
- An interesting New York Times article by a ghost writer -- a person who writes books that other people take most of the credit for. I guess people feel uncomfortable with this sort of thing because it feels intellectually dishonest, but then again, there are lots of other examples of places where the person at the front of the stage isn't the major contributor. Examples I can think of include acting on stage (there are dozens of other people involved), or race car driving (where the engineers to build and maintain the cars a vital, but never discussed). An interesting read.
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