June 2010
Supporting Education →
I know it is a holiday weekend and that college campuses are quiet and classrooms are emptier and faculty offices may be
empty, but there is just too much bad news for education these days to take a…
May 2010
Toyota →
Toyota, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan. At its peak, Toyota employed approximately 320,000 people worldwide. It is the world’s…
Lying in a hammock →
Holiday weekend in Paradelle, so I have been lazily lying back and dreaming that I was… Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota Over my head, I see the bronze butterfly,…
The Doors →
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California. Through most of its existence, the group consisted of vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek,…
The NY Giants →
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (As an NJ lifer, I still think they should be the New Jersey Giants, but…) The…
Death Cab For Cutie →
The popular indie band Death Cab for Cutie takes its name from a song by The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. The band was formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997…
Now Everyone Can Use Wave. We Just Have To Figure... →
Last week, Google made their Wave product available to everyone as part
of Google Labs. Before this, you had needed an invite to use Wave. I started previewing Wave along with
a few others…
Arizona →
Arizona is a state of the United States of America located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city…
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children →
My sons are all grown up, but a friend told me that I should still read NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman.
She…
The Dollar Sign →
The origin of the dollar sign $ is actually not totally clear. The dollar sign is also known as the peso sign and is used to indicate the various dollar and peso units of currency…
It's Tee-Ball Season Again →
My Drew dreaming in the tee-ball outfield.
A friend recommended that I read NurtureShock:
New Thinking About Children by Po
Bronson and
Ashley
Merryman
May’s Flower Moon →
For 2010, May 27 will be the full moon of the month. (The New Moon was the 14th.) May’s abundant blooms give its full moon the name Flower Moon (or a variant) in many cultures. Each full moon has…
Feeling the Lunar Pull →
It is 239,000 miles away and pretty much a wasteland with nothing to breathe in, 243 degrees Fahrenheit days and 272 degrees below zero nights. And yet, I have always been drawn – like tides – to…
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Image Swirl →
Google Image Swirl is another service from the Google Labs that
organizes image search results based on their visual and semantic similarities and then clusters them into related
“swirls.” It…
The Euro Symbol →
The euro sign was designed to be a highly recognizable symbol of Europe and one that was easily handwritten. The symbol was “inspired” by the Greek letter epsilon, which recalls…
Today Is Endangered Species Day →
Today, May 21, 2010, is Endangered Species Day. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service observes Endangered Species Day in order to recognize the national conservation effort to protect our nation’s…
Endangered Days →
I’m betting that you are not aware that today is Endangered Species Day . The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service observes Endangered Species Day in order to recognize the national conservation effort to…
Google Fast Flip →
Another service from the Google
Labs… Google Fast Flip is a very tactile page-flipping tool that students can use in
doing research by browsing sequentially through some newspapers and…
Chanel No 5 Perfume →
Chanel No. 5 is actually the first (not the fifth) fragrance launched by Parisian couturier Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel. It has been on sale continuously since its…
Google News Timeline →
I have been looking at several tools that are in the Google Labs, which is Google’s virtual workshop of projects. Even though these
services are “beta,” you can use them, and some projects…
The Mothers of Invention →
The Mothers of Invention was a highly experimental American band active from 1964 to 1975. Most of their music was composed by the founder…
New Jersey’s Plant Diversity →
New Jersey has a surprisingly high concentration of native plant and animal species relative to other states. Its native flora, comprised of more than 2,100 species, has representatives of more than…
Lynyrd Skynyrd →
Lynyrd Skynyrd is an American rock band, formed in Jacksonville, Florida in the summer of 1964. A group of teenagers, Ronnie Van Zant, Allen Collins, and…
Which financial behaviors negatively impact your... →
Which financial behaviors negatively impact your credit score? Take a guess.
Which of these behaviors negatively affects your credit score?
Using credit card to jimmy…
NJ's Lenape and Liberty Water Gap Trails... →
Steve Marano, director of the Liberty Water Gap Trail Committee, and Ed Goodell, executive director of the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, will talk about the importance of…
Why is # called pound? →
The pound sign derives from the capital L written in cursive script, with one or two horizontal bars bisecting it to indicate it is an abbreviation. The symbol derives from capital “L”, standing for…
Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill's Biggest Victims? →
Sea turtles may be the Gulf of Mexico oil spills biggest victims. Already 25 turtles have been found washed up on Mississippi’s shorelines. Kemp’s Ridley Autopsies are being…
Confessions of a social media addict →
Elizabeth Lupfer’s confessions (not mine - though I share a few with her) include that she “overshares” I hear “TMI” all the time. I get that not everyone wants to share as…
Treasure Maps →
Readers of this blog know that I have a thing for maps and using a compass (both of those in the literal and figurative ways). It has been a few years since I played at a game that many people take…
A Map To Change Our World →
In 1507, Martin Waldseemuller and Matthias Ringmann, two Germanic scholars living in France, published a boring (by many accounts – I never read it) treatise called Introduction to Cosmography. But…
Stage and Screen Names →
When used by an actor, performer, or model, a pseudonym is called a stage name or screen name. Actors sometimes use a screen name to make it less apparent their ethnic or racial background. Jewish…
Endangered Species Day is May 21st →
Image via http://i.treehugger.com
May 21st, 2010 is Endangered Species Day - an opportunity for people young and old to learn about the importance of protecting endangered…
Alabama →
Many of the 50 states in the United States have names that are derived from the native peoples who lived in that area and from the explorers that “rediscovered” and settled the area. …
Hudson Shad Festival May 16 →
The Hudson Riverkeeper’s Shad Fest has been a celebration for the past 20 years of the vast numbers of American shad that returned each year to the Hudson River to spawn. The shad run has been a…
Alaska →
Alaska is the largest state of the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic…
Transparent, Translucent, and Opaque →
You hear the term “transparency” used a lot these days. We want more of it in government, business, and
education. What is it? A dictionary would say it is “free from pretense or deceit”…
Your Digital Tattoos →
You’ve heard the term “digital footprint?” A digital footprint is the data trace or trail left by someone’s activity in a digital environment.
You interact with your mobile phone, the…
New York Mets →
The current New York Mets name goes back to the original Metropolitan Baseball Club which was a member of the 19th Century American Association, a club…
Bill Murray Reads Poetry To Construction Workers →
Odd little video. Nice idea though. Members of the construction team which built Poets House’s new home join actor Bill Murray for the first poetry reading there. I’m not sure they chose the…
Pen Names →
Pseudonyms are “false” names or names that are not the true (given) names of an individual. They are one of a larger group of -onyms and -nyms (like synonyms and antonyms) in English - many more than…
DVD Deals →
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Okay, I have a little crush on Charline →
Yes, Charline looks a bit like the British girl, Crystal, in another Windows 7 commercial. Charline has a nice tan and is speaking French, but there’s something else…
Even…
Landowner Incentive Program Grants Available →
The NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife has announced the opening of the application period for landowners to apply for grants through the Landowner Incentive Program (LIP). Since 2005, the…
Shad Running in the Delaware River →
‘Best fishing in years’ for Shad on Big D via http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010100501043 Trout, bass, walleyes, stripers and blues are biting, so we went shad fishing. Fishing for the plentiful fish was hot until Sports Editor Frank DiLeo and I went looking for them Thursday after the Delaware River water temp cooled below the magic shad turn-on number of 50...
