This blog post from Good magazine asks: Is a burrito a sandwich?
This infographic traces the "Evolution of the Geek" - how the meaning and connotations of the word has changed over time, and a classification of the different types of geek. What was once an insult has now become almost a point of pride.
The diagram above describes the lighting and horn systems in a 1964 Ford Falcon.
This sort of technical diagram illustrates important relations between components and the wiring that connects these components.
This episode of Radiolab, entitled "Words," relates to our discussion of the Whorfian Hypothesis that "language shapes thoughts" from lecture 9--particularly the first chapter of the episode. http://www.radiolab.org/2010/aug/09/
"In this hour of Radiolab...We meet a woman who taught a 27-year-old man the first words of his life, hear a firsthand account of what it feels like to have the language center of your brain wiped out by a stroke, and retrace the birth of a brand new language 30 years ago."