Saturday, January 8, 2011
Crossing the Finish Line by the Skin of Your Teeth
In 1977, a 13 yo kid found a tooth growing out of his left foot.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Watersheds
This may have been posted before, but I'm too lazy to use the search function to find out.
The watersheds that supply water to New York City are the size of Delaware. -from a Snapple bottle cap
It doesn't mention if it's area or volume, though I don't know how one would estimate the volume of a state.
The watersheds that supply water to New York City are the size of Delaware. -from a Snapple bottle cap
It doesn't mention if it's area or volume, though I don't know how one would estimate the volume of a state.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Random trivia
I was down in Oak Ridge, TN for the week, staying at the Hampton Inn again. Their "breakfast-to-go" baggies come with mints that have a trivia question on them. Somehow, this time, all four of the ones I grabbed had the same question on them:
Q: Where was Kevin Costner's Field of Dreams located?
A: Dyersville, Iowa.
Also, though, I heard a trivia question on the radio.
Q: New Hampshire is the only state in which it is legal to drive without this?
One of the DJ's sarcastically remarked: A clue? No, I've driven in Massachusetts.
The answer is actually a seat belt.
Q: Where was Kevin Costner's Field of Dreams located?
A: Dyersville, Iowa.
Also, though, I heard a trivia question on the radio.
Q: New Hampshire is the only state in which it is legal to drive without this?
One of the DJ's sarcastically remarked: A clue? No, I've driven in Massachusetts.
The answer is actually a seat belt.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
teetotalism
monday, 1 december, 2008 09:20 MAT
i learned that i'm a teetotaller.
Teetotalism (or T-total) is the practice and promotion of complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages. A person who practices (and possibly advocates) teetotalism is called a teetotaler or teetotaller (plural teetotalers or teetotallers).
i practice teetotalism. i think i might have found something to put in the religion box on facebook now. ha.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teetotalism
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i learned that i'm a teetotaller.
Teetotalism (or T-total) is the practice and promotion of complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages. A person who practices (and possibly advocates) teetotalism is called a teetotaler or teetotaller (plural teetotalers or teetotallers).
i practice teetotalism. i think i might have found something to put in the religion box on facebook now. ha.
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teetotalism
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Thursday, November 13, 2008
indenting in blogger
friday, 14 november, 2008 08:15 MAT
someone says that blogger does not allow the first lines of paragraphs to be indented. i wonder if hard coding spaces in html will allow for this property to appear properly.
i guess it's annoying to have to type that in front of every paragraph, but without that, the only other option seems to fiddle with the template, ick.
that works for now.
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someone says that blogger does not allow the first lines of paragraphs to be indented. i wonder if hard coding spaces in html will allow for this property to appear properly.
i guess it's annoying to have to type that in front of every paragraph, but without that, the only other option seems to fiddle with the template, ick.
that works for now.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
disney = muppets - sesame street
wednesday, 20 august, 2008 15:00 MAT
disney owns the muppets portion of jim henson but not any of the sesame street parts. means elmo is not disney... good to know.
Disney buys Jim Henson's Muppets and Bear
Courtesy of The Walt Disney Company
February 17, 2004
The Walt Disney Company and The Jim Henson Company today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Disney will acquire the beloved Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House properties from Henson.
The transaction includes all Muppet assets, including the Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and Animal characters, the Muppet film and television library, and all associated copyrights and trademarks, as well as all the Bear in the Big Blue House characters, television library, copyrights and trademarks. The parties have signed a binding purchase agreement and expect the transaction to close within two months, subject to receiving the necessary regulatory clearances. The transaction does not include the Sesame Street characters, such as Big Bird and Elmo, which are separately owned by Sesame Workshop. The deal also includes non-exclusive production and consulting agreements under which Henson will develop potential new programming featuring the Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House for Disney.
source: http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2004/021704.shtml
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disney owns the muppets portion of jim henson but not any of the sesame street parts. means elmo is not disney... good to know.
Disney buys Jim Henson's Muppets and Bear
Courtesy of The Walt Disney Company
February 17, 2004
The Walt Disney Company and The Jim Henson Company today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Disney will acquire the beloved Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House properties from Henson.
The transaction includes all Muppet assets, including the Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and Animal characters, the Muppet film and television library, and all associated copyrights and trademarks, as well as all the Bear in the Big Blue House characters, television library, copyrights and trademarks. The parties have signed a binding purchase agreement and expect the transaction to close within two months, subject to receiving the necessary regulatory clearances. The transaction does not include the Sesame Street characters, such as Big Bird and Elmo, which are separately owned by Sesame Workshop. The deal also includes non-exclusive production and consulting agreements under which Henson will develop potential new programming featuring the Muppets and Bear in the Big Blue House for Disney.
source: http://www.muppetcentral.com/news/2004/021704.shtml
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Sunday, August 17, 2008
display rotation
sunday, 17 august, 2008 22:25 MAT
if ctrl + alt + arrow key is pushed when using windows, the display rotates or flips around. apparently, this is a windows function and works with most windows applications. it worked with the powerpoint presentation on the laptop during class. but, disappointingly, it does not work with a widescreen (or, i cannot get it to work with my widescreen or dual screen monitors).
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if ctrl + alt + arrow key is pushed when using windows, the display rotates or flips around. apparently, this is a windows function and works with most windows applications. it worked with the powerpoint presentation on the laptop during class. but, disappointingly, it does not work with a widescreen (or, i cannot get it to work with my widescreen or dual screen monitors).
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
St. Patrick's Day
Brought to my attention by trickshottim. Found in Wikipedia.
"The date of the feast is occasionally moved by church authorities when March 17 falls during Holy Week; this last happened in 1940 when Saint Patrick's Day was observed on April 3rd in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and will happen again in 2008, when it shall be held on 15 March."
Find the full article here.
"The date of the feast is occasionally moved by church authorities when March 17 falls during Holy Week; this last happened in 1940 when Saint Patrick's Day was observed on April 3rd in order to avoid it coinciding with Palm Sunday, and will happen again in 2008, when it shall be held on 15 March."
Find the full article here.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
cough into elbow
friday, 18 january, 2008 13:10 MAT
i learned over my visit to america that the children there are now taught to cover their mouth with their elbow rather than their hands when they cough or sneeze. it is meant to help minimise spread of viruses and diseases via the hands, especially since children don't wash their hands as often as adults do.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/education&id=5821663
http://www.ebiologynews.com/3774.html
it makes sense, i guess. the world has covered their mouths when they cough or sneeze with their hands for ages now and things seem to be fine, but this new technique isn't such an outrageous thought.
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i learned over my visit to america that the children there are now taught to cover their mouth with their elbow rather than their hands when they cough or sneeze. it is meant to help minimise spread of viruses and diseases via the hands, especially since children don't wash their hands as often as adults do.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/education&id=5821663
http://www.ebiologynews.com/3774.html
it makes sense, i guess. the world has covered their mouths when they cough or sneeze with their hands for ages now and things seem to be fine, but this new technique isn't such an outrageous thought.
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Thursday, January 3, 2008
Tax Season
Looks like we didn't learn much in 2007. :P Happy new year! Now how about everyone start thinking about their IRAs.
For 2008, the maximum IRA contribution is $5000, if your salary isn't really high. You have until April 15th to put in your contribution for 2007, which can be up to $4000.
I seem to remember that H&R Block does some 80% of their business between January and April. This was the answer to the final Jeopardy question that Ken Jennings. Actually, the real question was "Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year."
Ken said FedEx. As a result, his record-breaking streak ended, and H&R Block offered lifetime financial services for him. The article states he was expected to pay approximately $1.045 million from his winnings of $2.52 million.
For 2008, the maximum IRA contribution is $5000, if your salary isn't really high. You have until April 15th to put in your contribution for 2007, which can be up to $4000.
I seem to remember that H&R Block does some 80% of their business between January and April. This was the answer to the final Jeopardy question that Ken Jennings. Actually, the real question was "Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year."
Ken said FedEx. As a result, his record-breaking streak ended, and H&R Block offered lifetime financial services for him. The article states he was expected to pay approximately $1.045 million from his winnings of $2.52 million.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
how we learn
tuesday, 20 november, 2007 16:50 MAT
we learn:
95% of what we teach
80% of what we discover
70% of what we discuss
50% of what we see & hear
30% of what we see
20% of what we hear
10% of what we read
~william glasser
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we learn:
95% of what we teach
80% of what we discover
70% of what we discuss
50% of what we see & hear
30% of what we see
20% of what we hear
10% of what we read
~william glasser
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
no plane or boat necessary
thursday, 15 november, 2007 10:25 MAT
eurotunnel is the company responsible for building the twin railway tunnels under the english channel linking britain and france.
here you can see where eurotunnel crosses the english channel.
i thought england was an island, meaning you'd either have to fly or take a boat to get from the uk to europe (or anywhere else, for that matter)... but i'm terriblie mistaken.
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eurotunnel is the company responsible for building the twin railway tunnels under the english channel linking britain and france.
here you can see where eurotunnel crosses the english channel.
i thought england was an island, meaning you'd either have to fly or take a boat to get from the uk to europe (or anywhere else, for that matter)... but i'm terriblie mistaken.
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Sunday, November 4, 2007
window shot
monday, 5 november, 2007 13:00 MAT
the techies here taught me something neat.
rather than getting an entire screen shot from your computer monitor by pressing the print screen button and pasting it into word, using alt-print screen only captures the active window.
call me a n00b, but i never knew that before !
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the techies here taught me something neat.
rather than getting an entire screen shot from your computer monitor by pressing the print screen button and pasting it into word, using alt-print screen only captures the active window.
call me a n00b, but i never knew that before !
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
Crystal vs Glass
It took a while to discover how to make "clear" glass. Adding MnO to glass quenched the optical transitions in dissolved Fe ions to make the clear glass. The Venetians called this "cristallo" by analogy to earlier transparent objects hogged out of large single quartz crystals. This is why the English use the inaccurate term "crystal" to describe fine glassware.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
about elmo
wednesday, 10 october, 2007 14:45 MAT
birthday: 3 february
best friend: zoe
likes: everything !
favourite toy: david
source: apple & eve elmo's punch juice box
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birthday: 3 february
best friend: zoe
likes: everything !
favourite toy: david
source: apple & eve elmo's punch juice box
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
outlook advanced search
wednesday, 3 october, 2007 12:05 MAT
i am forced to use microsoft outlook for email at work. i really don't like it very much at all, problie like many people on the planet.
in an attempt to keep myself organised, i file the emails in folders according to what it's about (emails from students, emails from other lecturers, the school of computing sciences, the learning & teaching grant team, the general university, etc). sometimes i forget where i have filed a particular email, so i have used the search function to find it.
that works, most of the time, but i noticed that it would find the email and i could open it, but it would never tell me the location of the email. so, if i needed to find it again, i would have to do the search all over again. that annoyed me.
the other thing that annoyed me was that the search results displayed in the same window. if i needed to navigate away from the search results because a different email arrived and I needed to deal with it immediately (like I clicked on the inbox or something), the search results would vanish and be replaced by the selection and I would have to do the search all over again.
one of the techies here showed me the advanced search.
one of the columns in the advanced search results says what folder the email is located in.
the search results also open in a separate window. i find this particularly convenient because I can see everything else and navigate away from the search results and have the search results if i need them later and don't have to do the search all over again.
advanced search is the go ! thanks aaron !
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i am forced to use microsoft outlook for email at work. i really don't like it very much at all, problie like many people on the planet.
in an attempt to keep myself organised, i file the emails in folders according to what it's about (emails from students, emails from other lecturers, the school of computing sciences, the learning & teaching grant team, the general university, etc). sometimes i forget where i have filed a particular email, so i have used the search function to find it.
that works, most of the time, but i noticed that it would find the email and i could open it, but it would never tell me the location of the email. so, if i needed to find it again, i would have to do the search all over again. that annoyed me.
the other thing that annoyed me was that the search results displayed in the same window. if i needed to navigate away from the search results because a different email arrived and I needed to deal with it immediately (like I clicked on the inbox or something), the search results would vanish and be replaced by the selection and I would have to do the search all over again.
one of the techies here showed me the advanced search.
one of the columns in the advanced search results says what folder the email is located in.
the search results also open in a separate window. i find this particularly convenient because I can see everything else and navigate away from the search results and have the search results if i need them later and don't have to do the search all over again.
advanced search is the go ! thanks aaron !
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Monday, October 1, 2007
next time you have a candy bar, consider this:
Candy Bar / size in grams / calories/ cals per gram
York Peppermint Pattie / 39 grams / 140 / 3.59
3 Musketeers / 60.4 grams / 260 / 4.30
Reese’s Whipps / 53 grams / 230 / 4.34
M&Ms Peanut / 49 grams / 220 / 4.49
Butterfinger / 60 grams / 270 / 4.50
Snickers / 58.7 grams / 280 / 4.77
Reese’s Crispy Crunchy / 48 grams / 230 / 4.79
KitKat / 43 grams / 210 / 4.88
Twix / 57 grams / 280 / 4.91
Hersey’s Milk Chocolate / 60 grams / 300 / 5.00
M&Ms Milk Chocolate / 48 grams / 240 / 5.00
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups / 51 grams / 260 / 5.10
York Peppermint Pattie / 39 grams / 140 / 3.59
3 Musketeers / 60.4 grams / 260 / 4.30
Reese’s Whipps / 53 grams / 230 / 4.34
M&Ms Peanut / 49 grams / 220 / 4.49
Butterfinger / 60 grams / 270 / 4.50
Snickers / 58.7 grams / 280 / 4.77
Reese’s Crispy Crunchy / 48 grams / 230 / 4.79
KitKat / 43 grams / 210 / 4.88
Twix / 57 grams / 280 / 4.91
Hersey’s Milk Chocolate / 60 grams / 300 / 5.00
M&Ms Milk Chocolate / 48 grams / 240 / 5.00
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups / 51 grams / 260 / 5.10
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