Join the Club!

Still subscribed to this old course blog? Nice.

So, I'm trying to start up a school club -- the "Owning Our Ignorance" club -- devoted to fun and logic, in that order. Hmmm.... well, it won't really be about the kind of logic we did in class. I've put up a blog for it over here.

Check it out. Please join if you're interested.

Homework #Infinity

Homework #∞ is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, December 11th. Here are the assigned exercises:

• 1b and 1d on each of the following pages: 521-522, 523-524, 528, and 532-533.
  

Also, for those who don't know what a mashup is, you're in luck. You can start with one of the best ones out there:

(December 4th, from DJ Danger Mouse's Grey Album)

The internet has more to say about the Grey Album here.

Homework #Whatever

Homework #Whatever is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, November 13th. Here are the assigned exercises:

• pages 181-184: 1b, 1d, 1f, 1h, 2b, 2d, 2f.

Commence to jigglin'!

Skank

Congrats to Christina, Dara, and Austin for figuring out that the phrase "Shut your stinking trap" comes from a sketch on the Ben Stiller Show. It was, of course, the catchphrase of a surly sock puppet named Skank.

Pretty obvious, really.

Facebook Groups are the New Email Forwards

Easy guess, I know, but still:
Add Pluto Back to Planet Status

Oh, Facebook! What don't you do?

1st Week References

Here are some of the things we discussed in class this week (click the blue links for more info):

-buy the textbook here
-dancing in films
-the movie Election
-comedian Dane Cook (thief?)
-confirmation bias
-the band The Killers
-NPR
-the TV show Arrested Development (Beads?!?)
-consensus decision-making
-the color blue

Did I forget anything? Let me know.