Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, talks about our new wave of overprotected kids — and spells out 5 (and really, he’s got 6) dangerous things you should let your kids do. Allowing kids the freedom to explore, he says, will make them stronger and smarter and actually safer.This is certainly not one of [...]
Troop 146 at minsi I took a trip with the scout troop this weekend to Camp Minsi in the Pennsylvania Poconos. It was quite an entertaining experience. Fortunately the weather was generally kind to us. It was bitterly cold Friday night, and we nearly lost the fire in the leader’s tent stove a couple of [...]
Every gadget show has been discussing expectations for this year’s CES show with the hosts, guests, etc. Most of them parrot the same things, More HD, more portable media, more set top devices, and on and on. In other words more, of the same. But if news trends are worth anything, “green” will all the [...]
From digg.com – Pictures of the 2010 Ford Mustang (heavily camouflaged) with rumors of significantly more power. No, it isn’t green, but oh how I want one!read more | digg story
ISA has a link to a Wall Street Journal chart showing the oil consumption per capita and the relative consumption from 2000 to 2006 for 5 countries. Interestingly the US’s oil consumption went DOWN in that 6 year period. Didn’t everyone know that? The ISA post doesn’t give the context of the WSJ article and [...]
I’ve been a Digg user, and a fan, since the very early days. I can honestly say I never considered a source for “news” any more than I considered Slashdot a source for news. I use it for what most people use it for, interesting links to cool things and “geek news” that I might [...]
