Friday Quick Hits and Varia

It's not the cold, it's the wind.  Some quick hits and varia on a windy Friday:

• The New York Times on digital humanities.
• The New York Times on clickers and other digital tools in the traditional classroom.
• Danny MacAskill's newest video is incredible. First, it approaches Scotland from a vaguely historical perspective and, then, the riding and stunts and skills are amazing.
• The video of abandoned and soon to be demolished Six Flags Amusement park outside of New Orleans is pretty much viral.  A blog post over at Savage Minds puts in an a provocative context.
• The Place Hacking blog has an interesting video and article on the culture of urban explorers.  It's brilliant that Geography Compass allows video articles.
• Eric Poehler responded to these thoughts from an ancient perspective on the Blogging Pompeii blog.
• Late Antique Summer School in Constantinople.
• Emory University's Samothrace project website is nice.
• Smashed Apple products.
• What I'm reading: R. Bagnall, The Administration of the Ptolemaic Possessions Outside Egypt. (Leiden 1976).  M. M. Mango ed., Byzantine Trade, 4th-12th Centuries. (Burlington 2009).
• What I'm listening to: Scott H. Biram, Graveyard Shift and John Legend and the Roots, Wake Up!

Comments

[Diana Wright]

Hi, Bill -- check the Eric Poehler link.