Assorted links

by on May 27, 2009 at 11:41 am in Web/Tech | Permalink

1. New book on the Ostroms and the Bloomington School.

2. Smart rooks (birds).

3. Mapping North Korea (hail Curtis Melvin!).

4. How introverts travel, and how introverts should travel.

5. Is the Kalevala worth reading?

4 comments

kevin May 27, 2009 at 12:17 pm

I’ve been following corvid research for a while. Crows can recognize individual humans and will attempt to intimidate humans that capture crows. They will also follow humans known to be bringers of food.

dearieme May 27, 2009 at 1:53 pm

“Chris Bird, a Cambridge zoologist who led the study.” No bias, then?

MikeA May 27, 2009 at 6:54 pm

Silly northern hemisphere. The Kea is a far smarter animal than both rooks and Chimpanzees. Of course the Kea has to live in the mountains and rears its young for two years so that’s to be expected.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzvonkpwOpk

Someone from the Other Side May 28, 2009 at 4:36 am

I am not sure whether she is just introvert or also shy? While I would consider myself to be both, I know MBTI tested introverts who do not seem to have any issue striking up conversations with strangers?

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