John's Thoughts
My thoughts on various topics
Friday, November 03, 2006
Monday, April 03, 2006
Check out this site for some real geekiness!
This is a video site that presents a new episode on the 5th of the Month dealing strange and interesting hacks.
Hak.5
Hak.5
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Thursday, June 02, 2005
Too Much Homework = Lower Test Scores???
Here is an interesting study on the effects of homework versus test scores. Read this article
http://www.livescience.com/othernews/050602_homework_burden.html
http://www.livescience.com/othernews/050602_homework_burden.html
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Save that can of unfinished pop for tomorrow!!!!
Don't let the Fizz out....
To keep the "fizz" in an unfinished can of pop put the
end of a teaspoon in the can and the next day it will
still be fizzy.
To keep the "fizz" in an unfinished can of pop put the
end of a teaspoon in the can and the next day it will
still be fizzy.
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Hands at 10 and 2 ... not any more!
I was suprised to read this...and will have to unlearn a pretty hard habit....
"She spends a lot of time showing students new safe driving techniques that were not taught to older generations. For instance, she said, if the steering wheel is seen as a clock, "you want your hands at 8 and 4. Most of us have been taught 9 and 3 or 10 and 2." Why the change? Because new air bags explode so fast that if your hands are not low enough on the steering wheel, the deploying bag will knock your hands into your face, breaking all kinds of bones.
"Pr. William's Teen Drivers Tops in State"Washington Post, 5/8/05"
"She spends a lot of time showing students new safe driving techniques that were not taught to older generations. For instance, she said, if the steering wheel is seen as a clock, "you want your hands at 8 and 4. Most of us have been taught 9 and 3 or 10 and 2." Why the change? Because new air bags explode so fast that if your hands are not low enough on the steering wheel, the deploying bag will knock your hands into your face, breaking all kinds of bones.
"Pr. William's Teen Drivers Tops in State"Washington Post, 5/8/05"
