I Didn’t Get Into Harvard

Actually, I didn’t even apply, but I can now take several of their courses by logging on to Academic Earth.

Isn’t that just fucking brilliant? If ever any of you have a spare hour (and I think this might increasingly be the case over the coming months) you can learn about English, Philosophy, Astronomy, Political Science and a bunch of other wonderful things while sitting in bed, for free from some of the greatest teachers in the world.

And for something topical, check out this Princeton professor on the origins of the financial mess.