Repositories

Annotated list of research repositories. VERY useful to students, even if one would not automatically have full access to all of the sites listed (such as JSTOR).

Visual News

It's said "a picture is worth a thousand words" but these may be worth even more as they summarize subtleties that often escape us.

Visual News

Noodlehead: Zippy Wallet Tutorial

I want to modify this slightly to make a clip-on pouch for my Droid.

Noodlehead: Zippy Wallet Tutorial

Khan Academy

Wow! What an amazing repository. If you haven't visited yet, take a chance to learn something new or refresh. Just wish there was a larger humanities section. :)

Khan Academy

Things Organized Neatly

How fun ... and SO not my style! :)

Things Organized Neatly

College Open Textbooks Blog

I need to do more research in this area. I'd like to move away from over-priced textbooks if possible.

College Open Textbooks Blog

Nabokov Theory on Polyommatus Blue Butterflies Is Vindicated - NYTimes.com

Expert testimony: Is it limited to those with degrees lined up behind their names? No.

When one hears "Vladimir Nabokov," it's generally visions of Lolita, not butterflies, that float into view. Yes, Nabokov was an exceptional novelist, but he was also a butterfly expert ... lepidopterist. Of course, in his time, he was accepted as "a dutiful but undistinguished researcher" by professionals and only found vindication of his theories after his death. It was DNA that would prove Nabokov's butterfly migration theories based on "differences in their genitalia."

So, a word of caution about throwing around "questionable authority" accusations: Check out the bona fides first.

Nabokov Theory on Polyommatus Blue Butterflies Is Vindicated - NYTimes.com