Dave Kellam

Free college tuition can be a boon and a burden
In 1991, a philanthropist gave told each child in a grade 2 class that their tuition would be paid for. At this point, only 4 have actually graduated from college.

Amazing 3D sidewalk chalk drawings
Running into one of these would probably mess with your perception a little bit.

Nokia releases the 770, a net appliance (with no phone)
The devices has bluetooth and wifi and is meant to replace a 2nd or 3rd pc, the kind of thing you could leave on a nightside stand or coffee table.

Why smart people defend bad ideas
Scott Berkun takes a look at people who are used to being right and the logic tricks they use to sway others.

Morse code beats SMS text messaging
Jay Leno had a telegraph operator square off against an SMS phone messenger.

The New Laws of Television
The second part of the article Piracy is Good?

EPIC 2014
The New York Times has gone offline. A short film looking at a future media.

Tranquilize sheep – do your part to end freedom
Test your reaction time with this flash game from the BBC sleep centre.

The Erdös Number Project
Studying research collaboration among mathematicians. It’s like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon but with mathematician Paul Erdös at the centre.

The world’s least likely internet nerd?
Nothing like broadband internet in the middle of the jungle.

Twelve Ways to Think Differently
Methods that will exercise parts of your brain that rarely get it, and make you more creative and better able to understand the world.