Of course, they weren’t even born the same year. Jaden Smith is the same age as Camille’s older sister, Abby. But several people have commented that there’s an uncanny resemblance. What do you think?
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Science night
With only a few days left before Abby has to turn in her second set of science work/projects, we wrapped up a couple of experiments tonight. The first was a spectroscope. Using a few simple items, we wanted to see how different light bulbs (halogen, incandescent, florescent) delivered different light spectrums. (The key is in [...]
Posted in Family Life, School Life Tagged Aerogel, Experiment, Science, Spectroscope Comments closed
Broken pan. Broken heart.
Several weeks ago, my wife was cooking a meal on the stove in our Pampered Chef deep covered baker when she added some cold broth. The resulting gunshot sound signaled a crack in the bottom and an end to our coveted cooker. This weekend it was my turn. With Susan out of town, I was [...]
Squeezing in a little “fun” time
My idea of “fun” lately has been to repurpose an old Mac G3 tower I bought for $5 more than three years ago into a Linux server. It’s been a valuable learning experience. The scary part is I’m actually enjoying the command line. I’m considering dropping a GUI interface on top to use from time [...]
Posted in Digital Life Tagged Debian, Geek, Linux, Mac G3, Virtual Box, Virtualization Comments closed
Scared crooked
One of the reasons I like reading Paul Krugman is that he can hit the nail on the head in very plain language: To me — and I’m not alone in this — the sudden outbreak of deficit hysteria brings back memories of the groupthink that took hold during the run-up to the Iraq war. [...]