Dr Wingnut

Year: 2010

  • SODIS

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    The April National Geographic is devoted discussions about water.  Water will be a defining issue of this century.  Even though over 90 percent of the world’s surface is covered with water, only 3 percent of water is fresh, and many people don’t have enough to drink.The most interesting article was about a simple way to…

  • Jared Spool

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    Went to a presentation last night by Jared Spool at Saint Thomas where he talked about four things that they had learned about user experience by watching what Amazon does.Included were examples of what happens when the lunatic fringe loves your site:Tuscan Whole Milk, 1 Gallon, 128 fl oz (As a romance novel)The Mountain Three…

  • Education

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    Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.Henry Adams

  • Memory

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    Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.Confucius

  • A lesson in Evolution…

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    THE CREATIONIn the beginning was The Planand The Plan came with Assumptionsand The Assumptions were without formand The Plan was Completely without substance and voidand darkness was on the faces of the workersand they spake upon their supervisors saying,“It is a crock of shit, and it stinketh!”And the supervisors went unto their section heads and…

  • Retirement Bonus

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    The Navy found they had too many officers and decided to offer an early retirement bonus.  They promised any officer who volunteered for retirement a bonus of $1,000 for every inch measured in a straight line between any two points in his body.  The officer got to choose what those two points would be.The first…

  • Happy Easter

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    When I went down to make coffee this morning, there were two bunnies playing in the back yard.   I yelled to Jill to get her camera.  She went outside and captured one of the culprits in the yard.