links for 2007-04-10

• Adventures in Ethics and Science: A few more words on the class-attendance issue. If you’re going to leave attendance to the individual then you should at least have “very clear signage on the path of doom” argues Dr Free-Ride. (tags: academiaeducationteaching)

• The Little Professor: Disunion Is it a good idea to marry someone in the same academic field? (tags: academia)

• Butterflies and Wheels: Notes Archive If it wasn’t so serious it’d be hilarious. (tags: philosophyreligionwhat_the…?politics)

• Salto sobrius: Kaga Gold Foil Figure Model Martin’s away digging this week and has found treasure on his first day. (tags: archaeologymedieval)

• Adventures in Ethics and Science: Incentivizing class attendance. How do you motivate students to attend the classes when they clearly want less for their money? (tags: academiaeducationteaching)

• Días del futuro pasado » La Ruta de los Jázaros A very interesting page on the Khazars, a Turkish people from central Asia who appear to have adopted Judaism as their religion. Plenty of links, but all in Spanish. (tags: medievalasia)