Category: Highlights

Things of Interest: 01/06/15

On By Ricky of KokiriIn Education, Highlights, Video Games, YouTubeLeave a comment

I read and watch a lot of stuff on the Internet that I find interesting; plus, as a university student, I receive a lot of recommendations from students and teachers alike. In these posts, I share a few of the highlights I’ve come across.

  1. My Shakespeare teacher recommended this article from the Economist, discussing the archeological finds at the village of Towton, the site of a massive battle during the War of the Roses that established Edward IV’s 22-year-reign as king of England.

  2. This article compares churches to cruise ships. I think it’s a valid argument, though it depends on the church you’re talking about.

  3. I’m a fan of Minecraft, though I think it’s best with friends and it’s hard to schedule around work and school, and I really enjoy this song parody (particularly since I have nothing in common with the original song).

Things of Interest: 01/04/15

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I read and watch a lot of stuff on the Internet that I find interesting. In these posts, I share a few of the highlights I’ve come across.

  1. Mike Masnick at Techdirt looks at the events of the past year, many thought to be impossible, and is optimistic about 2015.

  2. This one is from my archive of bookmarks, but back in May, Robinson Meyer at The Atlantic wrote that taking notes by hand was better for remembering lectures, while trying to type the lecture verbatim could actually be a hindrance to study.

  3. Mentalfloss has an article about twenty-five English words that have contradictory definitions.

  4. This video is old, but Casey Neistant was ticketed by the NYPD for not riding his bike in the bike lane, so he made a video showing why staying in the bike lane is quite impossible at times.

Things of Interest: 01/02/15

On By Ricky of KokiriIn Audiobooks, Doctor Who, Highlights, Politics, Sales, YouTubeLeave a comment

I read and watch a lot of stuff on the Internet that I find interesting. In these posts, I share a few of the highlights I’ve come across.

  1. The Virtual Politician posted about a political-alignment quiz you can take to see where you fall. I think I fall in the Social Democracy area, if I’m reading the coordinates right.

  2. David Guaghran has a post about muckracking reporter Jessica Mitford and her work in exposing the financial scam of The Famous Writers School back in the early 1970s.

  3. I wrote on Christmas about the Humble Doctor Who Audiobook Bundle. This week they’ve added three more titles to the bundle, all of which are based on Doctor Who stage-plays performed for brief periods during the classic era. I didn’t know those were even a thing until now. Colin Baker is featured as the 6th Doctor. You still have four more days left to get this set!

  4. I know Christmas is over, and this video is a year old, but if you want one of your iconic childhood Christmas movies to be ruined for you, check out Screen Junkies’ analysis of Home Alone, answering the question: How many lives would it take for the Wet Bandits to make it through the first two movies? The brick scene makes me cringe.

Things of Interest: 12/31

On By Ricky of KokiriIn Feminism, Highlights, PoliticsLeave a comment

I read a lot of stuff on the Internet that I find interesting. In these posts, I share a few of the highlights I’ve come across.

  1. The Chicago Tribune has written about the troubles surrounding red-light cameras in Chicago.

  2. The biopic Selma had to paraphrase Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches due to copyright restrictions. This is not the first time The Kokiri Reader has discussed the results of stringent copyright restrictions on the historical examination of the civil rights leader (even though I only have about a dozen posts so far).

  3. One reader/contributor of Cracked.com sent in 19 examples of modern-day sexism in pop culture.

See you in the New Year!