April 2009
1 post
What worries me about the New Flu
My greatest concern about this latest episode of multi-genetic flu (bird, human and pig) is that, with the wide spread into the human population, there will now be abundant human incubators in which recombination and mutation of this novel and previously unseen viral entity can take place, leading possibly to increased virulence and resistance to antivirals. Such a change could cause “swine...
January 2009
4 posts
Edible Schoolyard and related Resources
Resources and Inspiration: The Center for Ecoliteracy’s Rethinking School Lunch Guide www.ecoliteracy.org/programs/rsl-guide.html Food Is Elementary: A Hands-On Curriculum for Young Students www.foodstudies.org/curriculum/lessonsummaries.htm Edible Schoolyard www.edibleschoolyard.org The Headwaters/Rappahannock County Public School’s Farm-to-Table Program ...
Beats using Frozen Veggies
Make your own shapeable ice pack by mixing 1 part rubbing alcohol with 3 parts water in a plastic freezer zippy bag and then toss the bag into the freezer. (The alcohol will prevent the water from freezing completely.) The next time you need to RICE something, simply take out your slushy bag and ice away. And OF COURSE label the bag so everyone know what’s in it!
As a physical therapist, this is...
“If we really want to fight climate change, we should change our light bulbs and...”
– Audubon Magazine
We Came We Saw We Tumbled
But why? But then I asked the same question about Twitter and now I are one.
And what could Facebook possibly be good for? And now I’ve found old girl friends, new neighbors and watched my kids play scrabble in South Dakota and Missouri.
But honestly, while I like the mid-range between tweets and blog posts that Tumbler provides, who is going to find me here?
What I don’t need is a...
“Whirl-Mart is a culture jamming ritual aimed at retail superstores and described...”
– Whirl-Mart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
We All Live Downstream: Call to Young Writers
*** CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS & ARTWORK BY YOUNG WRITERS & ARTISTS *** Kentucky Publisher Seeks Submissions, Offers Prize for 2008 Anthology of MTR-focused Work by Young Authors & Artists MotesBooks of Louisville will accept manuscripts and artwork for an anthology to be published in the summer of 2008. All pieces in the book will focus on Mountaintop Removal (MTR) coal mining. ...
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Culture Jamming: Turn off the Propaganda Machine! →
Radio jamming is the (usually deliberate) transmission of radio signals that disrupt communications by decreasing the signal to noise ratio. Intentional communications jamming is usually aimed at radio signals to disrupt control of a battle. Jamming of foreign radio broadcast stations has often been used in wartime (and during periods of tense international relations) to prevent or deter citizens...
ShortShorts
I find that my current dwell-time for blog posting is very short, hence my jots and shorts and such that I sometimes post at Fragments as bulleted lists of short items. I’m considering the way that microblogging tools like Tumblr and Twitter will sometimes fill my needs and still allow some kind of integration with the blog on WordPress. So pardon my dust, I’ll be experimenting,...
December 2007
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March 2007
3 posts
Wadler's Blog: Three ways to improve your writing →
Three ways to improve your writing
Image Mosaic Generator →
Takes one of your images and builds it back using thousands of other images for light and dark areas as appropriate to recreate your single image. Pretty neat.
EasyXL
Quickie Excel tip: When you’re typing text into a cell, by default hitting Enter takes you to the next cell. However, to wrap your text in the current cell as you type? Hit up Alt-Enter. Check out some more Excel keyboard shortcuts. — Gina Trapani Wrap text as you type in Excel [Homemade Computer Tutorials]
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