Month: April 2010

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Social/Environmental

SODIS

04/09/2010 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on SODIS
The April National Geographic is devoted discussions about water.  Water will be a defining issue of this century.  Even though over 90 percent of the world’s surface is covered with water, only 3 percent of […]
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Computer

Jared Spool

04/08/2010 Dr Wingnut 1
Went to a presentation last night by Jared Spool at Saint Thomas where he talked about four things that they had learned about user experience by watching what Amazon does.Included were examples of what happens […]
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Quotations

Education

04/07/2010 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Education
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.Henry Adams
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Humor

A lesson in Evolution…

04/06/2010 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on A lesson in Evolution…
THE CREATIONIn the beginning was The Planand The Plan came with Assumptionsand The Assumptions were without formand The Plan was Completely without substance and voidand darkness was on the faces of the workersand they spake […]
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Humor

Retirement Bonus

04/05/2010 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Retirement Bonus
The Navy found they had too many officers and decided to offer an early retirement bonus.  They promised any officer who volunteered for retirement a bonus of $1,000 for every inch measured in a straight […]