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Lit2Go
January 31, 2009 in Education, Tech, iPod by Stephen
Very cool!
Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can:
- Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
- Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
- View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
- Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.
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Thirsty Animals
January 28, 2009 in Humor, Nature, Pets, Photography by Stephen
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Sometimes things have a funny way of working out.
January 28, 2009 in Sports by Stephen
Great story about a guy who was cut by the worst team in the NFL and is now playing in the Super Bowl.
Sean McHugh had just bought his family’s first house in suburban Detroit.
He’d just found out his wife, Ashlee, was pregnant with their second child, a daughter to go along with their then-18-month-son, Jack – though the excitement was tempered due to some early complications with the pregnancy.
The good news was McHugh had just survived final cut day with the Detroit Lions, meaning he was all but assured another year in professional football. He hoped to start at fullback and would play for the league minimum – about $520,000 for his experience level.
But just before the first practice in September, he was summoned to the office of team president Matt Millen. He knew the drill.
“When they come get you and Matt wants to talk to you, it’s never a good thing,” McHugh said. “You just have a sinking feeling. You walk through the locker room, up a flight of stairs and you just think, ‘What the heck is going on?’ ”
What was going on was that he got cut, fired, laid off by Detroit. The team had signed someone else and to make room, McHugh was out.
Just like that, Sean McHugh was deemed not good enough to play for the lowly Lions, who would go winless – the first 0-16 season in league history.
If you’re not good enough to play for the worst team ever, who exactly are you good enough to play for?
“What are we going to do?” he thought.
How about play in the Super Bowl?
Within days of Detroit cutting him, he unexpectedly signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Four months later he finds himself here preparing for a shot at an NFL championship against the Arizona Cardinals.
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Teacher Loses Control
January 26, 2009 in Current Affairs, Education, Video by Stephen
Cell phones cameras are everywhere. If you’re going to lose it, you have to know this.
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We need to teach math more like this.
January 25, 2009 in Education, Humor by Stephen
Click for larger version.
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So which chart should you use?
January 25, 2009 in Education, General by Stephen
Nice graphic here. Click it to see a larger version.
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links for 2009-01-23
January 23, 2009 in Delicious by Stephen
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Al Gore did help to create the Internet…just ask the guys who really did.
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Borrowing Money
January 22, 2009 in General, Video by Stephen
I like just about anything that the Commoncraft Show puts together.
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links for 2009-01-21
January 21, 2009 in Delicious by Stephen
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Another impressive image.
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2009 Inaugural Celebration. Washington D.C. National Mall – Satellite Image
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A true “killer app?”
January 21, 2009 in Apple, Gadgets, Handhelds, Tech, iPod by Stephen
I wonder what kind of music the soldiers listen to while they’re lining up the target.
A new application has been launched for the iPod touch to help gun users line up a clean shot at their target.
The BulletFlight app, which costs £6.99 to download from the iTunes store, has been developed by Runaway App to turn the iPod touch into a ballistics computer which the company says can provide “quick solutions in the field”.
Users can mount their iPod touch to their rifle, and then use the iPod’s touch-screen to tap in details about the wind conditions, ammunition type, distance to the intended target and even the wind speed.
he application features built-in profiles for three weapons – the M110 semi-automatic precision rifle, the KAC PDW, and the 14.5in SR16 rifle – although users can add more weapons into the app.