October 9th, 2007
Textbook Torrents is a Pirate Bay for textbooks, lectures and other learning materials. Without passing judgment on the legality of the site or materials, I’ll say that is has some excellent materials and a whole lot of them - particularly in the “Arts” tab. FYI - I had a bit of trouble creating an account (the page kept failing) but seemed to work after a couple of goes.
October 7th, 2007
From Visa and the NFL, here’s a cool web flash game for learning the fundamentals of finance. Although the some of the questions are pretty simplistic, this could be a great tool for introducing these concepts to a high-school class. Downloadable teaching modules are also available.
October 7th, 2007
Here’s a great site for history afficianados. In addition to a comprehensive listing of history shows, the site also links to individual episodes on great people. For instance, if you’re interested in Winston Churchill, you’ll find a list of episodes from British History 101, Hardcore History, Speaking of History, etc.
October 7th, 2007
The Textbook Revolution archive is the largest collection of free textbooks on the web. What could be wrong with that? Well, the bad side is that some of these great additions don’t get all the attention they deserve.
For instance, economics students or professionals needing to brush up on some concepts should visit this large link-list from the economics dept at Oswego. In addition to some good overview materials there are some advanced materials focusing in on topics like econometrics and money mechanics.
Speaking of economics, if you haven’t seen Prof. McAfee’s Intro Econ textbook. This is one of the best free textbooks available - large, complete (and did we say free?).
October 6th, 2007
Boing Boing pointed out this collection of stunning and original “jumping sheet” photos from William Hundley. These extreme stop-action shots create some lovely images and brilliant color contrasts. On the slide show, also look at the underwater shots.