Pimp My Novel: Here Be Dragons “[Myth:] Amazon is going to kill the independent/second-hand book store. While I can’t say for sure this is 100% false, I’m very confident that Amazon will not kill independent, local, and second-hand book stores; there’s no substitute for their ambience, knowledgeable staff, and propensity to stock hard-to-find titles. In… Continue reading Links for 2010-10-12
Month: October 2010
The Physics Bus
SteelyKid, like most toddlers, knows a few songs, and likes to sing them over and over. Her repertoire is limited to “ABCDEFG” (the alphabet song, but that’s how she requests it), “Twinkle, Twinkle,” “Some man” (“This Old Man,” which I only figured out this weekend), and “Round and Round” (“The Wheels on the Bus”). I… Continue reading The Physics Bus
Physics Is Not a Mad Lib
Via Tom, a site giving problem-solving advice for physics. While the general advice is good, and the friendly, Don’t-Panic tone is great, I do have a problem with one of their steps, Step 7: Consider Your Formulas: Some professors will require that you memorize relevant formulas, while others will give you a “cheat sheet.” Either… Continue reading Physics Is Not a Mad Lib
Book Report: What to Tell Your Dog About Einstein
Oddly enough, it turns out that writing a book with a rambunctious toddler in the house is a much slower process than writing a book pre-toddler. Imagine that. Anyway, as I did during the writing stages of How to Teach Physics to Your Dog, I thought I would post occasional updates on the progress of… Continue reading Book Report: What to Tell Your Dog About Einstein
Links for 2010-10-10
YouTube – Sesame Street: Smell Like A Monster The monster your monster could smell like. (tags: youtube video kid-stuff silly)
Short Story Club: “Miguel and the Viatura” by Eric Gregory
I missed last week’s installment of Short Story Club while traveling, but want to get caught up again with this week’s story, “Miguel and the Viatura.” I’m not sure this will be posted in time to get into the discussion post, but we’ll see. The title character, Miguel, lives in a future city that is… Continue reading Short Story Club: “Miguel and the Viatura” by Eric Gregory
SteelyKid’s Book Hour
This is a couple weeks old, but I only just got around to uploading it. It should give you some idea of what it’s like reading books with SteelyKid, though: That’s Kate and SteelyKid going through some of Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go. SteelyKid is big into pointing things out in… Continue reading SteelyKid’s Book Hour
Save Science Friday
Via Sheril, Science Friday on NPR needs money: We at SciFri are facing severe financial difficulties, i.e. raising money. NSF [National Science Foundation] has turned us down for continuing funding, saying they love what we do, we are sorely needed, but it’s not their job to fund us. At the same time, NPR has said… Continue reading Save Science Friday
Links for 2010-10-09
Goodnight to Goodnight Moon? « Easily Distracted “When experts in education, childhood, psychology, economics, what have you, venture forth into the public sphere to say that our schools are failing to do something utterly essential, or that tomorrow’s children must absolutely have some skill that they do not have now, or that oh my GOD… Continue reading Links for 2010-10-09
Get Out the Vote
With Halloween coming up, some scary stuff seems appropriate: Boo!