0528WarmUp

Take a look at some interesting articles from my favorite magazine: Wired

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/process_cellphone/

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/process_cheetos/

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/process_joke/

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/process_prisoners/

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/ff_domestic_terraforming/

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/process_song/

Pick one article (or pick any other from http://www.wired.com/), read it and leave me a comment!

dmac

0527WarmUp

There is an interesting study that says doodling increases focus and recall, helping you to pay attention and retain more information. What do you think? Hello?..are you paying attention?

Check it out @:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101727048

http://www.squidoo.com/doodle-art

http://lifehacker.com/5162029/doodling-increases-focus-and-recall

http://www.google.com/doodle4google/

Try it yourself:

http://www.onlinesketchpad.com/

http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/

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dmac

0526WarmUp

What about that new Ipad?

Check it out @ http://www.apple.com/ipad/

How about some alternatives?

http://mashable.com/2010/01/27/9-upcoming-tablet-alternatives-to-the-apple-ipad/

Look at my favorite magazine in IPad format:

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/05/mag_editors_letter/

Leave a comment!

dmac

0525WarmUp

Well, we missed Arbor Day as well!

So let's take a look at some trees:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1986037_1986035,00.html

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/photos/worlds-7-most-amazing-trees/the-pillars-of-life

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/trees2/02.html

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/photos/the-worlds-10-oldest-living-trees/taking-the-long-view

http://blogs.ngm.com/.a/6a00e009822691883301347fc2feb8970c-pi

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/30594

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123378720

http://www.christmastrees.on.ca/virtual-tree-farm/christmas-tree-history/25.html

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dmac

0524WarmUp

Well, we missed another important day--Endangered Species Day--May 22nd.

Check out these links:

http://www.biodiversity911.org/default.html

http://www.takepart.com/photos/biodiversity-infographic/137503?gallery=137504

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/infographic-top-20-countries-with-most-endangered-species

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1888702,00.html

http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,1888583,00.html

http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/01/cutest-endangered-animals.php?page=1

http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2010/05/whatever-tigers-and-pandas-lesser-known-endangered-species-need-help-too.php

http://environment.guardian.co.uk/flash/page/0,,2114873,00.html

http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/03/rare.html

http://www.bagheera.com/index.htm

Who's your favorite?

Leave a comment.

dmac

0521WarmUp

Good Morning. Guden Tag. GoddeMorgan--many ways to say the same thing!

The net makes it possible to translate almost anything "instantly."

But are all the translators the same?

Check them out @ http://gabble-on.com/compare-translators/Phase1-research

Translate this quote from the the famous mystery writer, Raymond Chandler:

He looked as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food cake.

Try English to French to Dutch and back to English.

What does it look like on the back end?

Try these translators:

http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT#autonl

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

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dmac

0520WarmUp

But you've gotta make your own kind of music
sing your own special song,
make your own kind of music even if nobody
else sing along.

From the Mamas and the Papas--a little before your time.

Make some music today!

Check it out @

http://www.nyphilkids.org/games/main.phtml

http://soundbadge.net/

http://www.tvokids.com/games/musicmaker

http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm

http://www.buildupper.com/

Leave a comment!

dmac

0519Assignment

I will be tied up with the Bio simulation today. So I am leaving this assignment, due eoc today.

After you completed the warmup,

1. go to http://www.wired.com/
2. select one article
3. read it
4. leave a synopsis and commentary as a comment

This will count as a pset grade.

dmac

0519WarmUp

Did you know that in Japan, a couple just got married by--a robot!

That's right. Apparently, Japan is country that has a very "progressive" attitude about robots and their role in society.

Read all about it @:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/Technology/wireStory?id=10659114

http://www.abcactionnews.com/entertainment/weirdnews/story/Couple-married-by-robot/MRvpKyeDK0WHgxfNlz4XJA.cspx

http://www.techeye.net/hardware/japanese-couple-married-by-a-robot

http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-japanese-couple-married-by-a-robot/

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/100705-Japanese-Couple-Married-by-Robot

http://wcbstv.com/slideshows/Japan.robots.technology.20.976838.html

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5581642

Here are some other cool sites about robots:

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/25341/robots-we-like-robots-we-fear

http://www.thetech.org/robotics/

Leave a comment!

dmac

0518WarmUp

Think you can survive in the worst of situations? In the wilderness? In a war?

Test your skills at these sites:

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/manvswild/game/game.html

http://www.worldwarfighter.com/hajikamal/activity/

Leave a comment!

dmac

0517WarmUp

Once again, cruising the net in the one-man flyer, I came upon these interesting sites:

http://www.penn-olson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/media-consumer.png

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/05/gallery-clouds/all/1

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/what-is-art-considering-and-creating-artistic-works/

http://www.infographicworld.com/work-borowers.html

http://www.infographicsshowcase.com/top-10-pets-infographic/

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-deadliest-natural-disasters.php

http://akhost.chacha.com/chacha.com/infographics/geopolitical-landscape-original.jpg

Leave a comment!

dmac

0514WarmUp

Cruising the web in the one-man flyer, I discovered some interesting sites for the day.

Concerning outer space:

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2010/05/nasas-image-of-the-day-gallery.html

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-space-popup.htm

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html

http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/designsatellite/

http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/space/

http://www.kidscom.com/adventure/iplanet/iplanet.html

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/index.htm

http://www.discovery.com/stories/science/iss/i_spacewalk.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/playspace/games/jigsaw/launch.html

http://www.imaginationcubed.com/

Leave a comment!

dmac

0513WarmUp

What's happening June 11th through July 11th?

The World Cup.

Check it out @:

http://online.wsj.com/video/world-cup-trophy-unveiled/342C70BB-0B10-4FFD-9FE3-09FBF280D5BE.html

http://online.wsj.com/video/south-africa-prepares-for-world-cup/501D3F89-5A11-44F2-BFC4-9FD10833A615.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703465204575208213597446370.html?KEYWORDS=%22world+cup%22

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0606/cupfans/content.1.html

http://www.cnn.com/search/?query=%22world+cup%22&x=0&y=0&primaryType=mixed

http://library.thinkquest.org/5373/soccer1002.htm

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1005/100505-soccer_world_cup.html

http://www.listenaminute.com/#fifa

http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/worlcup.html

Leave a message@

dmac

0512WarmUp

Think you are good at spotting spelling and grammar mistakes?

Look at these sites:

http://esolcourses.blogspot.com/2009/09/learn-english-funny-spelling-mistakes.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/signlanguage/

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/05/03/world/asia/20100503_CHINGLISH.html

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/11/travel/funny-signs.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/30/the-most-ironic-signs-of_n_518329.html

http://listsgalore.blogspot.com/2008/09/dont-say-we-didnt-warn-you-25-wacky.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/picturegalleries/signlanguage/

Leave a comment!

dmac

0511WarmUp

Something interesting happened to me the other night. I was looking at a document in Spanish, pushed a button and, instantly, was looking at the same document in English. All via the wonders of Google.

Check out these Google translation tools:

http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wT#

http://translate.google.com/translate_s?hl=en&layout=1&eotf=1&source=translation_tab

http://translate.google.com/translate_tools?hl=en

http://translate.google.com/toolkit/list?hl=en#translations/active

Check out these other translation sites:

http://www.onlinedoctranslator.com/

http://www.onlinedoctranslator.com/

http://translate.google.com/toolkit/list?hl=en#translations/active

Leave a comment!

dmac

0510WarmUp

Did you know that there is a new supreme court justice in the making?

Check it out @ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703338004575230861354862330.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories

What is the supreme court and what does it do?

Check it out @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

Who are the other supreme court justices?

Check it out @ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36322586/ns/politics-supreme_court

Who is Elena Kagan?

Check it out @ http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2010/05/09/bolduan.scotus.kagan.profile.cnn?hpt=T1

and

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/feature?section=news&id=7432406

Leave a comment!

dmac

0507WarmUp

Strapped into the one-man flyer cruising the net, I bumped into these interesting sites:

http://www.ge.com/visualization/appliances_energyuse/index.html

http://www.thedailyriff.com/2010/05/einstein.php

http://www.qwertyed.com/q_pages/q6_fun_pages/analogies.html

http://www.infographicworld.com/how-americans-see-europe.html

http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1005/targeted-books/flash.html

http://kindle.amazon.com/popular_highlights

Leave a comment!

dmac

0506WarmUp

One of the worst oil spills since the Exxon Valdez is turning out to be an environmental disaster for the United States.

What happened? How will they fix it?

Check it out @:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2010/apr/30/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-wildlife

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2010/05/02/GR2010050200340.html

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/qa-2-strategies-for-containing-oil/?scp=2&sq=containment%20for%20oil%20spill&st=cse

http://www.visualeconomics.com/cost-effects-of-the-bp-oil-spill_2010-05-05/

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/photos/2010/05/aerial-images-of-the-oil-spill.html

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/05/05/us/20100506-ALASKA.html?ref=multimedia


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dmac

0505WarmUp

Hoy es cinco de mayo: Today is Cinco de Mayo.

What does the holiday signify?

Check it out @ http://home.howstuffworks.com/holidays/cinco-de-mayo.htm

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/holidays/cincodemayo1.htm

http://www.elcivics.com/cinco-de-mayo-lesson-1.html

http://www2.ocregister.com/ocregister/sections/multimedia/?graphic=/5demayo/main.swf

http://www.history.com/topics/cinco-de-mayo

http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com/blog/2008/05/05/cinco-de-mayo-3/

http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/socialstudies/cinco_de_mayo/bio1.html

http://www.sunset.com/food-wine/holidays-occasions/cinco-de-mayo-special-00400000012401/

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/elibrary/mexico-the-country.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30557543/

http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1895667,00.html?xid=rss-photoessays

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dmac

0504WarmUp

Ever feel like you need to share your story with everyone?

Now you can. Check it out @ http://runt.ly/

How about http://www.kontain.com/?

Or http://home.onsugar.com/

Leave a comment!

dmac

0503WarmUp

Know how to change a tire, throw a spiral or survive a flood?

Check out the 100 skills everyone should know @ http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4284709.html?page=1

Browse the 100 essential skills then take the quiz @ http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4279507.html.

Leave a comment@

dmac