Archive for September, 2005

Sep 30 2005

No Child Left Accountable

Published by Andy Rush under News & Commentary

I just watched the last video of this series about a teacher in Michigan who is, let’s say, a little down on teaching his high school math class. The final two videos give lots of clues as to what’s wrong with education today and I suspect, and fear, that it is rampant. Best quote from [...]

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Sep 16 2005

FlashMic

Published by Andy Rush under General

This sure looks like a good idea on paper (pdf brochure). It records anywhere from 3 (.wav format) to 18 (.mp2 format) hours of audio, and files can be downloaded, via USB, to either Mac or PC computers. Battery life is stated as greater than 6 hours using 2 AA batteries. The phone output on [...]

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Sep 13 2005

Oh Google Maps, Where Does It End?

Published by Andy Rush under General

More Google Map silliness. If I dig a hole in Fredericksburg . . .

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Sep 13 2005

Just Do a Backrub Search?

Published by Andy Rush under General,Search

If you thought Google was a funny name for a search engine, this nostalgic site shows that it was formerly known as Backrub. Phew!

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Sep 06 2005

That Explains Why It Took So Long!

Published by Andy Rush under News & Commentary

They were looking for the city of Louisiana!

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Sep 05 2005

Questions

Published by Andy Rush under News & Commentary

How does the former Commissioner of the International Arabian Horse Association get a job as the director of FEMA? Answer? How does Pat Robertson’s Operation Blessing organization get listed right below the Red Cross on FEMA’s website as top organizations to dontate to . . . and then why is it removed? Why did the [...]

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