21 July, 2009

TED

Technology. Entertainment. Design. Those are the words/concepts that comprise the acronym TED. From philosophers to activists, from actors to politicians, from Nobel laureates to great chefs, TED conferences bring together and present some of the world's most amazing people. TEDGlobal 2009 is currently underway in Britain and some of the talks should be online within the next few days (including what's sure to be an amusing/informative one by Stephen Fry), but you can always find something interesting or entertaining in the TED archives of past conferences. Case in point: the video embedded below of a charming humorous anecdote related at TED 2008 by the incomparable John Hodgman.

10 July, 2009

Math Humor

Found on the 'net. Will be humorous to anyone with a mathematical bent, but they made me think specifically of a certain math geek I know...

From XKCD (an awesome webcomic):



And another I found on Atheist Nexus: