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Laura K. Alford

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If you're just looking to waste time...

  • person strumming a banjo

    My new theme song: I've no fucks left to give

  • game of thrones site

    How do the Game of Thrones Avengers compare to the Real Avengers? (I love whenpeople do my work for me!)

  • sign twitter account

    The Henry's Sign twitter account (this is what happens when my brother is in charge of a large 1950s neon sign....)

  • men take birth control video

    Men Take "Birth Control Pill" for a Month

  • article on the bubble of the internet

    My So-Called Life In The Beautiful Bubble Of The Not-Quite Internet (yup, pretty much my first year in college. Also: ZEPHYR!!)

  • The Avengers movie info

    Avengers Tropes

  • funny Irish commentary on Olympic sailing

    Irish Olympic Sailing Commentary

  • website that analyzes the rhymes of the hip-hop Broadway show Hamilton

    HAMILTON Lyric Analyzer Algorithm ("How does ‘Hamilton,’the non stop, hip-hop Broadway sensation tap rap's master rhymes to blur musical lines?")

  • redneck lip reading of Avengers movie

    "REDNECK AVENGERS: TULSA NIGHTS" — A Bad Lip Reading of Marvel's The Avengers

  • demonstration of the Magnus Effect by dropping a basketball from the Gordon Dam

    The Magnus Effect (as demonstrated by a basketball)

  • text editor

    The Up Goer Five Text Editor

  • the Goer Five text editor

    (inspired by the Goer Five)

  • Conference bingo card generator

    Conference Bingo

  • Game of thrones: legend of zelda video

    Video Game of Thrones: The Legend of Zelda

  • buzzfeed article on how Avengers are like an engineering team

    Marvel's Avengers Are Every Engineering Team Ever

  • article on puncuation

    Nobody. Understands. Punctuation.

  • article on why programming sucks

    Programming Sucks

  • article on why programing doesn't suck

    (and why it doesn't)

  • article on putting a toddler to bed

    How to Put a Toddler to Bed in 100 Easy Steps

  • College Humor article

    If Everyone Still Wrote Like They Did in College

  • article on how to barbeque chicken

    How to Barbecue Chicken Thighs: A Guide for People Who Aren't Assholes

Things that are actually useful

  • article on women's pockets

    Women's Pockets are Inferior (an excellent example of visualization and communication)

  • article on millenials

    How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

  • video on inclusion

    Inclusion Starts with "I"

  • TED Talk on implicit bias

    Immaculate Perception (TED talk on implicit bias)

  • simulation on the effect of bias

    Parable of the Polygons (playable simulation that shows how small bias can have a HUGE impact!)

  • video about a women's period

    What Happens When You're on Your Period (seriously awesome: *I* didn't know half this stuff!)

  • source for tv tropes

    Cast Calculus

  • article on burnout

    Minds Turned to Ash (thoughts on burnout)

  • article on principles of ethical conduct

    Ten Principles of Ethical Conduct (examples are DoD-focused, but the principles themselves are general)

  • article on the importance on liberal arts education

    We don’t need more STEM majors. We need more STEM majors with liberal arts training.

  • article on car-making mistakes

    How Bad Cars Happen: The Pontiac Aztek debacle

  • article on why the Aztec car might return

    (and why the Aztek made a comeback)

  • article on being a woman in a work environment of mostly men

    Being “One Of The Guys” Was Great, Until It Wasn’t (this was totally me; it's a great read, but I especially recommend reading it if you are a woman in a fieldthat has historically been dominated by men)

  • article on what it's like to have priviledge

    24 Hours of Privilege

  • buzzfeed article on having a non-romantic soulmate

    22 Things You Know If You Have A Non-Romantic Soulmate (because men and women CAN be friends -- even BFFs!)

  • article on the American mind

    The Coddling of the American Mind (and what you can do about how yours works so you enjoy life!)

  • article on women in engineering

    Are Women Too Empathetic to Be Engineers? (the answer is NO, by the way...)

  • link to business website

    RTFM? How to write a manual worth reading

  • buzzfeed article on how to collaborate

    13 Tips To Collaborate Like A Rockstar

  • medium article

    The Other Side of liersity

  • article on how women are supposed to dress for work

    How Are Women Supposed To Dress For Work? (Roundtable discussion -- food for thought for everyone)

  • book on why some idea survive over others

    Made to Stick: Why some ideas survive and others die

  • TED talk on a single story

    The Danger of a Single Story (TED talk)

  • TED talk on how to deal with stress

    How to Make Stress Your Friend (TED talk)

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