Ok, it’s time, gentle readers, to go directly to Youtube and start watching James Burke’s Connections.  This is brilliant stuff, wonderfully written, and something everyone should watch.  The first series is by far the best, before Discovery got their hands on it, but the other stuff is worth while as well.

The entire thing has now been cut up into 10 minute segments, and put into playlists, and made easy to consume.  You have no excuses any more.