“Peter, if black holes aren’t a good conversation starter…”

“Peter, if black holes aren’t a good conversation starter at the picnic, what else might you try?” “Superstring theory?” That’s my boy. Similar:Shy Preschooler Won't Say Her Lines in "Peter Pan" Rehearsal (Stage Right! Greensburg)Little Maggie isn’t so sure she wants to…DramaCarolyn as Maria in West Side StoryPersonalMore split-screen actinghttp://youtu.be/EGgeZWskEs8DesignI watched E-mails glitter in the…

She doesn’t have keys or a phone or an ID. Why does my tween need a purse?

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19 Book Cover Clichés

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For me, it’s an upgrade from 16 to 32GB. Also, I t…

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Hello, there, mini.

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It’s been nice knowing you, iPad3

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3 KTVU staff fired over airing of fake Asiana Airl…

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62 of the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

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Overheard at Quora: “Why after all these years is Moodle still so ugly?”

Moodle is a free course-management tool that many schools (including mine) use to manage the online components of courses (including computer-graded quizzes, discussion forums, and the submission of online papers). The tool is powerful, but the interface offers a bewildering array of options, so that casual users are often dismayed by how many checkboxes it…

An Evening with a Board Game and Grandma

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Yes, I do feel rather awesome right now.

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Fun With Charts: Scale Matters

At first glance, this chart makes it look like food stamp usage has gone from almost nothing at some unspecified time in the past, to some huge amount over a span of who-knows-how-long. Only a fraction of the visitors to the site will click on the chart to see the scale, which reveals that the…

Zork: The Great Underground Empire

A blogger has started chronicling a journey through the classic 1980s computer game, Zork. Before King’s Quest and its successors took the realm of adventure gaming into colorful graphics, adventure titles were solely text. Infocom specialized in these during the 80s, including the Zork series, Planetfall, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. But Zork,…