UC Berkeley? WTF?

UC Berkeley students with an interest in real-time strategy games and the competitive gaming landscape are encouraged to participate in this class.

This course will go in-depth in the theory of how war is conducted within the confines of the game Starcraft. There will be lecture on various aspects of the game, from the viewpoint of pure theory to the more computational aspects of how exactly battles are conducted. Calculus and Differential Equations are highly recommended for full understanding of the course. Furthermore, the class will take the theoretical into the practical world by analyzing games and replays to reinforce decision-making skills and advanced Starcraft theory.

From Mashable:
"We’ve seen Digg clones for everything; it’s a highly competitive space and most such sites don’t last too long. Buzzup - by itself - is just another unimaginative tech news oriented version of Digg. However, with Buzzup Docs they might have stumbled onto something.

It’s a subsection of Buzzup where users can submit documents from sites such as Scribd, Docstoc, Issuu, Calameo, eDocr and Slideshare. Users can see these documents embedded right into the site, and vote the most interesting ones up. Documents are divided into several categories, including business, culture, tech, entertainment, health, fun, law and others. "

You gotta love the transparency section for GOOD Magazine…

Every Sunday during football season, rabid fans gather to root for their team. That same day, people are going to church to pray. This is a comparison between attendance at megachurches and attendance at football games in the five states with the largest megachurch attendance.

By applying a sophisticated market research
approach to the philosophical concept of “purpose,” the MetLife Mature Market Institute (MMI) gained unique insights into the measurable role that purpose plays for people in their lives. This marriage of measurement to meaning explores with a greater level of precision how people prioritize their lives as they face ever-present challenges, including the very important issues that are an everyday part of aging and longevity.

Covers:
- common themes in the good life
- purpose in life
- priorities shift with age
- trigger events and transitions
- life priority segmentation

awesome, awesome, awesome website about slums around the world ….

One idea I've been turning over in my head lately is around the idea of desire lines. These are the unpaved paths people chose to take and eventually trample, turning what was one person's decision to stray from the pavement into an all-but-official route. I love desire lines as a metaphor because they expose the network of collective decision-making that tends to otherwise go unnoticed in the physical world.

A pure form of augmented reality used in this revision text book - placing the red filter over the page view the sentences without the answers. Versions available with blue and green filters.

PSFK got the chance to visit the new Google Maps powered New York City information center this weekend, and overall it’s a very cool experience. The space has a clean, minimalist feel. It’s a kind of spaceship-modern, mostly white interior interspersed with neat rows of brochures and colorful glowing screens, which come to life with when touched.