Thursday, August 26, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Click go the Shears
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Lets Raise Kids to be Entrepreneurs
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Triops have three eyes
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Handschooling
"We need to quit making this false choice: dumbing down our children by denying them global knowledge so that we can nurture them locally. Of course it is crucial to give them local nurture, but it is no longer possible to connect them well with what they need to learn through out-dated local knowledge delivery institutions."
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
iNfiNiTe USB!!!!!!
Check out the rest of the site. Adrian has haxx0r3d this account! All your interw3bz are belong to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Sandblasting Links
Sandblasting guide (Including how to make your own sandblaster)
Sandblasting equipment store (Might be a good place to start with inquires, they have an office in Brisbane)
Really cheap sandblasting cabinet (Not sure about the quality, or whether it would be able to do what we want though)
Sand carving forum
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Etsy Links
Cool cat puzzle
Cool Unicorn puzzle
Snowflake Magnets
Wiggly snake
Wooden Name Puzzle
Wooden Letter tiles
Lacing Tree
Cute little gnomes
Cool sunrise puzzle
Wooden people (I need SO many of these!)
Stacking Inukshuk I'm guessing this would be copyright, but wouldn't it be so cool for istock?
Custom engraved stones
I'll be back with more later...
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Confederacy of Dunces
Father will like this excerpt:
If you would like to know how scientists are really made, pick up a wonderful book called Discovering, published in 1989 by Harvard University Press. In it you'll learn from a prominent scientist himself that not one major scientific discovery of this century, including exotica like superconductivity, came from an academic laboratory; or a corporate or govemment laboratory, or a school laboratory. You could have guessed the last, but I surprised you with the others, didn't I? All came from garages, attics, and basements; all were managed with cheap, simple equipment and eccentric, personalized procedures of investigation. School is a perfect place to turn science into a religion, but it's the wrong place to learn science, for sure.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Media in Education
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Computer Jacks
It's almost as if our brains are hardwired to control computer devices. A group of physicists, engineers, physiologists, and neurosurgeons at University of Washington discovered that brains hooked up to computers quickly adapt, and even grow stronger. For the study, published yesterday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers tested what happened to people who learned to harness the electrical signals in their brains to control a computer cursor.
Their test subjects came from a group of patients who had electrodes attached to the surfaces of their brains in preparation for epilepsy surgery. While monitoring patterns picked up by the electrodes, researchers asked the subjects to engage in movements (like moving their arms), and then to imagine doing those same movements. Imagining the movements produced much weaker electrical signals. Then they used a brain-computer interface to feed signals from the subjects' brains into a computer, where they controlled a cursor with their thoughts.
According to a release about the study:
Next . . . the researchers looked at signals when subjects imagined performing the action and those brain signals were used to move a cursor toward a target on a computer screen. After less than 10 minutes of practice, brain signals from imagined movement became significantly stronger than when actually performing the physical motion.
After less than 10 minutes of training, two of the subjects also reported they no longer had to imagine moving the body part and could just think about moving the cursor.
Connecting your brain to a computer can boost its electrical signals beyond typical levels.
Physics and neuroscience researcher Kai Miller, lead author of the study, said:
Bodybuilders get muscles that are larger than normal by lifting weights. We get brain activity that's larger than normal by interacting with brain-computer interfaces. By using these interfaces, patients create super-active populations of brain cells.
Of course it remains to be seen whether "super-active populations of brain cells" actually improve the functioning of your brain, or just make it surprisingly interoperable with your laptop.
If you're hoping for a future where you jack into cyberspace, the good news is that your brain adapts very quickly to its new status as a device in a computer network. The bad news is that you have to stick a bunch of electrodes into your brain to make it happen. Miller's next research move will be to explore less-invasive ways to network your brain with other devices. He's also going to work on refining the ways those "super-active" brain cells control computers using high-frequency signals.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Seed and Plant Companies
Select Organics - All of the above, but also organic.
Daley's Nursery - Fruit trees and plants to drool over.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Survival Seeds
http://www.hometownseeds.com/survival-seeds-c-213/survival-seeds-peace-of-mind-for-your-family-p-35?zenid=c620b76ef633ed977ef86c18614512be
Some Homeschooling Links
Home Education Association - provides advice for homeschoolers, a quarterly magazine and a yearly resource guide, and offers insurance for homeschool group gatherings.