1209WarmUp

December 9th, a day that will live in infamy. AIB--that's December 7th!

Let's take a second and step into the WayBack Machine--something very important occured on this day back in 1968.

Check it out @ http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1209.

What did happen at "The Mother of All Demos? You can ACTUALLY WATCH it @ http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/1968Demo.html.

What kind of stuff did the demo premiere and why was it important to computing?

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dmac

120808WarmUp

What's the capital of the United States? How about France? And Italy?

Bet you don't know which countries have these capitals: Riyadh, Ankara, Islamabad, Jakarta, Pyongyang, Warsaw, Brussels, Canberra, Wellington?

Look them up and leave a comment!

dmac

1205WarmUp

Iran, Pakistan, North Korea, India--they all have nuclear weapons. And if they get trigger happy, it could be--doomsday!

What's a doomsday device?

Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_device.

Check out the best fictional doomsday devices @ http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/multimedia/2008/11/gallery_doomsday?slide=1&slideView=4

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dmac

1204WarmUp

Did you know that Massachusetts throws away over 1oo million dollars of recyclables each year.

Check out the Mass Recycles Paper website @ http://www.massrecyclespaper.org/reasons.html

What kind of paper do you throw out that you can recycle. Check it out @ http://www.massrecyclespaper.org/what.html.

What can schools do? Look @ http://www.massrecyclespaper.org/schools.html.

What is the green team? Look @ http://www.thegreenteam.org/index.html
and http://www.thegreenteam.org/kit.html.

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dmac

1203WarmUp

What's Whole Foods market doing with used cooking oil? Look it up @ http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/12/01/whole_foods_canola_oil_isnt_just_for_cooking_it_makes_electricity_too/

Watch the video @ http://multimedia.boston.com/green-meter.htm

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dmac

1202WarmUp

Cars and guitars--an interesting combo!

Read about the 10 best car songs @ http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/11/as-we-prepare-f.html.

Listen to them on Playlist.com @ http://www.playlist.com/.

Which is your favorite? And why? Leave a vote and a comment! dmac

1201WarmUp

Today is CyberMonday.

What is the history? Check it out @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Monday.

Look at some good deals @ http://www.cybermonday.com/?source=1x10x30_11760&gclid=CLrY4P-9n5cCFQrAGgodlHGQ_A

Find a good deal on a laptop and tell me about it.

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dmac