Archive for August, 2007
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Social Web
Web 2.0, social networking, the social web… all different terms for the Internet phenomenon that is promoting greater interactivity and connectivity between people of similar interests. It’s also my term for what’s going on in Lake Tawakoni State Park in Texas. With SPIDERS!
Tonight on the way home from work I was listening to NPR’s […]
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Typewriters
It’s funny how technological innovations eventually become commonplace and then forgotten. My six-year-old was doing his homework last night and had to write the first and last letters of things that were pictured on his worksheet. When he got to a typewriter he asked me what it was.
Isn’t that funny? He asked me what it […]
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Beer for Books
I was recently told about a study reported in ScienceDaily (taken from a news release by the American Academy of Neurology) that showed that the damage to parts of the brain that results from exposure to lead (whether through occupational exposure, etc.) was significantly lower in people who read more. Reading helps build synapses and […]
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