Morning,

Came across this recently - great news for autistic children! To wit:
… John LeSieur is in the software business, so he took particular interest when computers seemed mostly useless to his 6-year-old grandson, Zackary. The boy has autism, and the whirlwind of options presented by PCs so confounded him that he threw the […]

Long long ago,

back when the earth’s crust cooled and I was a young lass, I read about the original MIT Model Railroad Club from the super book Hackers. They accomplished some truly brilliant goodies back then, ranging from hacking PDPs to mapping out the subway station and beyond.
Well, MIT is doing it […]

Have your kids

ever wondered how some people can grow killer tomatos? Okay, perhaps not man-eating, but really big huge bleeping tomatos? Ask your kids what they think, and then tell them:
Turns out there’s a specific gene that’s responsible. To wit:
… The secret behind growing large tomatoes lies not in the fertilizer […]

Morning all,

Do your kids have problems with Calculus?
More importantly….do you want to introduce your kids to Calculus before the school does, thus giving them a firm grounding in principles they can actually understand?
If so, I urge you to visit Calculus Without Tears by Berkeley Science. I had a chance to go over some […]

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following @Dayngr, I just learned about:
Florida Teacher Fired For Being A Wizard:
…A Florida school district made a substitute teacher disappear after he showed students a magic trick. Jim […]

Now this is

a truly brilliant idea! To wit:
…The “Birth Clock” is a fragile glass object containing a digital clock that is not working; it is designed to help you to come to a decision when you’re stuck at a specific point in life. Smash the glass, and the clock will start to work, […]

Morning,
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Is your kid having trouble with Calculus? If so, check this out:
…These lessons are a revolutionary approach to learning calculus. There is no algebra, no trigonometry, and no geometry (beyond the formula for the area of a rectangle). Why? - because they are not needed. Calculus is […]

While having everything

at your fingertips with regards to memory and learning can be quite useful indeed, sometimes you have to forgo the electronic gizmos and simply use (gasp!) your brain.
Need some tips? To wit:
… Writing things down, on paper or on-screen, is the best way to make sure you remember important info and […]

Air pollution

not a good thing! Sure, it’s easy to look at haze and think, okay, time to stay in…but do your kids know the resources online to check out what the true facts are?
I recently read a great article at Air Pollution: Monitoring the Air You Breathe. To wit:
…Do you […]

Morning,
I had heard about this two weeks ago but now it’s being picked up by mainstream media. To wit:
…James Karl Buck sent a message using Twitter which helped get him out of an Egyptian jail.
Buck, a graduate student from the University of California-Berkeley, was in Mahalla, Egypt, covering an anti-government protest when he […]