Entries Tagged as 'Bit of the ordinary'

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Late nights and fighting the dew

I’m in tech right now, listening to the show and waiting for it to end. Waiting for it to end so I can get to work on notes. Tech rehearsals are this weird time when you’re tired from working all day, and excited to see it come together. I find myself dozing off during [...]

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Corn starch fun

One thing I love to do with the girls is mix up corn starch and water. It is thick and goopy, and at the right mixture, it turns into a solid when force is applied. So when you scoop up some in your hand and squeeze it it turns from runny into this solid play-doh [...]

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Amazing talk from Chris Jordan

I just watched a thought provoking video via the TED Talks podcast (iTunes link- it will open up iTunes and send you to the iTunes Store to ask you if you want to subscribe to the Podcast feed).
It was by Chris Jordan, an artist who:
   
Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what [...]

Monday, May 5th, 2008

Times that when you should have more important things to do


Monday, April 21st, 2008

Great talk on creativity

I found this great talk how creativity is as essential as literacy.

Here is a linkto the original page.

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Something to Make you think

I found an eye-opening graphic:

I found it via Digg.

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Open letter to my Favorite pair of jeans

I regret to say that I must retire you favorite pair of jeans. It has been a good ride, ten plus years. No one can doubt it has been great.
Remember when we first met? You were my good jeans, a little stiff, but after a couple of washings you softened up to me. That [...]

Monday, March 17th, 2008

RSS explained in Plain english

THis video explains how RSS works in a simple straightforward way.

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Ultimate Geek Desk

I found the ultimate geeks desk:

While I thing such a thing is neat. I would never want one. I like to contain my Geekiness rather than flaunt it.
See more pictures here.

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Creepy snake robots

Creepy movie of snake robots made by students at Carniege Mellon Univ. This is really neat and kinda freaky at the same time.

Found via (Make Magazine