Reflections on President Obama’s education speech

Reflections on President Obama’s education speech

I just finished watching the President's speech tonight and I liked it. I think the first part was a little weak, but toward the end it had some real substance. I don't know if it had much impact in student's lives overall, but I also don't think it hurt anything either. I loved the examples at the end regarding failure. Everyone is going to stumble at one point in their life, and you aren't always going to be good at everything you try. The State of American Education…

Tesla coil

Tesla coil

Nikola Tesla was an inventor and a mechanical and electrical engineer. He is best known for many revolutionary contributions in the field of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. On his birthday last week, Google dedicated a logo to honor his contribution to the world of science.  In reading through the article, I liked a quote from Tesla about Thomas Edison: "If Edison had to find a needle in a haystack, he would proceed with the diligence of a bee to examine straw…

YouTube shows

YouTube shows

Did you see YouTube launched a "shows" channel?  I personally think they should rename it "TV Shows" since it doesn't have Internet only shows such as Diggnation, Tekzilla, and other Revision3 shows to Jim Lauderback's point.  No Revision3 shows = don't need you, and I'll just go to Revision3.com and Hulu.com instead.

Scientists discover true love

Scientists discover true love

Reading some news feeds this morning and found this article interesting about true love. The findings overturn the conventional view that love and sexual desire peak at the start of a relationship and then decline as the years pass. The Love Brain Study A team from Stony Brook University in New York scanned the brains of couples who had been together for 20 years and compared them with those of new lovers. They found that about one in 10 of the mature couples exhibited the same chemical reactions…