What’s worthy of your attention?
Cosplay
- Abby of KeAbitum looks at the Cosplay Money fallacy.
- A con that’s hardcore focused on sculpting and practical skills? Meet ConStruct.
- And now a nonprofit makerspace community for cosplayers? Meet Studio Cosplay.
Culture
- Cracked looks at why pop culture sucks. This makes a lot of good points, points I may explore later. Well worth reading.
Education
- How Chicago’s schools came out behind on a financing deal – Answer, high finance swap deals that of course screwed them over. Lots of financial esoterica here, but important as many schools need money. Speaking of . . .
- Good news Michigan, the court says you don’t have to provide quality education for every child! Kindly throw this in the face of anyone complaining about the state of education. We asked for it.
Science
- The Best Science Books For 2014 – For yourself or a gift!
– Steven Savage
Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach. He blogs on careers at http://www.musehack.com/, publishes books on career and culture at http://www.informotron.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.