All the News That's Fit to Blog
Spring is in full swing with soccer and Science Olympiad practice. If we're not driving to something, or waiting for something to start or end, or driving home from something, we're planning carpools to and from something else. Who cares if the kids are overscheduled and overstimulated? I'm the one who needs a rest. If they would lower the driving age to 11 it would be a big help.
Work is about the same as it has been. I'm learning more Silverlight and making progress on my project.
Links
Some links to interesting things:
Neat lamps made from plumbing fixtures - definitely neater-looking than some that I've seen in the past.
Inventables has lots of oddball materials you can use for your next project, if you could only think of something to do with them. The translucent concrete is pretty cool.
Read all about Impostor Syndrome here.
The Savage Chickens Guide to Vague Quantities. Now you know!
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I'm in the middle of a terrific book I got from the library - Making Things Move by Dustyn Roberts. It's a summary of physics, force, motors, pullies, and describes in simple terms how to (say) figure out the torque of an electric motor. It's already on my Christmas list.
I now know how a semiconductor works because I read Electronic Components by Delton Horn. (It has to do with covalent bonds!) This book is a reference about all the common types of electronic components, as you may have guessed. Another Christmas list book for me...
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3 comments:
Where did you find the lost blog? Did a moosen have it?
I don't know. I think your moosen hypothesis is the only possible explanation.
Yesterday I ordered th two books you recommended at the end of your blog. I billed it to you since you recommended it. I'll let you look at it when I'm done.
Love,
Dad
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