1. Pickle flavored sunflower seeds are very good. 2. BBQ flavored sunflower seeds are eh. Not bad. 3. My wife is like the recalcitrant whatever it is in Green Eggs and Ham. She would not try a single, pickle-flavored sunflower seed despite high praise for them from everyone else in the car. 4. I’m watching FoxContinue reading “Twenty Things I Learned on My Trip to Florida…”
Category Archives: Technology and parenting
Reading Print Books Is Better than Reading E-Books
Yes, it’s true: the latest research indicates that reading material in print rather than in an electronic reader is better for you in the following ways: Increased comprehension. The tactile experience of reading a printed book actually matters. Check out the research. Related to the above, we’re more likely to read every line of printedContinue reading “Reading Print Books Is Better than Reading E-Books”
Technology and Higher Ed, Part 2
Summing it up more simply: When I was sixteen I took karate lessons with my friend Marty. Shōrin-ryū at the local Y. The first thing we asked our instructor was, When will we receive training with weapons? (Why did we ask this question? Because we were sixteen.) Our instructor told us that he didn’t train students to useContinue reading “Technology and Higher Ed, Part 2”
Technology and Higher Ed
There’s an amazing amount of babble in the news about technology and higher ed. Most of it is rather utopian, and most of the utopian rhetoric is coming from people who have a stake in selling higher ed technology, and almost all of this hype is coming from people who haven’t taught a day inContinue reading “Technology and Higher Ed”
Custom Made Stuffed Toys
Child’s Own Studio’s “Softiemaker Showcase” features websites that will take your child’s drawing and turn it into a stuffed animal. Since each stuffed animal (softie) is custom made, they’re a bit expensive ($35-$100 depending on the size and level of detail), but this is something I’d probably spend way too much money on if IContinue reading “Custom Made Stuffed Toys”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 