Stuff We Like: Ben Folds, cloud computing, and the "ivory tower of power"

MAGIC MUSIC
"Ben Folds to Release A Cappella Album" (PASTE, Mar. 19, 2009)
Student group Voices in Your Head's cover of "Magic" made the final cut for Ben Fold's upcoming album featuring university-based a cappella groups.

VIRTUAL IMPROVEMENT
"Cloud Computing Helps Scientists Run High Energy Physics Experiments" (Science Blog, Mar. 24, 2009)
High energy physicists can now run heavy ion simulations thanks to the Nimbus Context Broker, a mechanism developed by computer scientists at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago, and a portable software environment developed at CERN.

HOW DOES OBAMA THINK?
"Obamanomics: Ivory Tower of Power" (Chicago Tribune Magazine, Mar. 19, 2009)
Former U of C colleagues of President Obama—including professors Geoffrey Stone and Richard Thaler—share their ideas on how they believe he thinks.

March 27, 2009

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