One School Frog Writing on His Blog

It’s one school frog,   writing on his blog,Two school bees,   writing on their blog,Three purple snakes,   writing on their blog,Four bunnies that are green,   writing on their blog,Five pink monkeys,   writing on their blog. —Carolyn Jerz, age 4 One School Frog Writing on His Blog (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) Similar:"Oliver Twist" is a story of redemption for PICT Classic Theatre.Carolyn started rehearsals…

Comments are Back Up

Comments are Back Up …. just in case anyone was wondering. Similar:In June 2021 I roughed out the proportions and deck heights for the flagship of the #steam…AestheticsJust submitted final grades for the compressed course that began the day after fall grades…PersonalMore modular low-poly background buildings. I’ll do some more facades then move to the…

Vintage Mobile Phones

—Vintage Mobile Phones I’d love to see one with a rotary dial… how cool would that be? Similar:Stanford to offer new undergraduate majors integrating humanities, computer scienceTraining humanists who can code like a t…AcademiaMicrosoft is once again asking Chrome users to try Bing through unblockable pop-ups If you click “Yes,” the pop-up will …BusinessAnother square…

Hammer Dream

Hammer Dream (Jerz’s Literacy Weblog) This morning, I heard my daughter stirring in the next room, and I fell back asleep, knowing I only had a few minutes before I had to start getting her ready for preschool. In those few minutes, I had a dream. I was showing my daughter a hammer. It had a…

Living Room Physics

I’ve blogged before about my eight-year-old son’s interest in science. His knowledge at this point is mostly made up of isolated facts, which he strings together in a stream of consciousness that often does not require much input. A few weeks ago, when he told his four-year-old sister that a feather and a rock would…

Approaching Brand New Markets

In the established magazine category, it’s a buyer’s market. That is, the publishers control it. In the new magazine category, it’s still a buyer’s market, but it’s as close to a seller’s market as magazines will ever get. And you’re the seller. Whether you’re new or well-published, you’ve got more power when dealing with new…

The Child

—Antoine Bardou-Jacquet —The Child Now there’s an interesting idea for a text-based mod of Half-Life 2. Hmm…. Similar:Back in the MLAAs the humanities decline in the United …AcademiaBloopers from my monologue for @pictclassictheatre 's Shakespeare Webinar this Friday at 2…   View t…AmusingEthics (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 5, Episode 16) Leaky cargo barrel-1, Worf-0.Rewatching ST:TNG…

DEFCON Chirstmas Mod

Your mission is one of the most important mission that has taken place every year for hundreds of years. This mission requires you to do the impossible: DELIVER PRESENTS TO ALL THE BOYS AND GIRLS ALL OVER THE WORLD. You must position your distribution system before Christmas Eve. It’s Christmas, and everybody wins. But maybe…

The Meteor Farmer

The more dirt he moved, the more meteorite he exposed. They lowered the backhoe scoop and strapped the rock to it. Grinding and whining, the machine pulled free the biggest meteorite Arnold had ever seen. Its shell was mottled, stippled like ground beef. That’s a pattern typical of pallasites, the rarest type of meteorite on…