A New Game

Hipster Bingo

It's difficult to play in NEPA, but definitely doable in Pitt or Philly!

Best line I've read in a long time

"PowerPoint is the greatest barrier to understanding since the invention of education degrees."


Source:
"Forum: Does PowerPoint Actually Help?" The Chronicle of Higher Education 1 Feb. 2008: C4.

Sorry, Steph!

Identity Revealed

Heidelberg University library in Germany has announced that the identity of the Mona Lisa has been confirmed. According to marginalia in a book owned by Agostino Vespuccui, a friend of da Vinci, the subject of the portrait is Lisa Gherardini, the wife of Florentine merchant Franceso del Giocondo.

The article from Spiegel Online can be found here.

The Joys of Web 2.0

The Library of Congress is on Flickr.