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Donations needed for Madathon
The All Schools Committee is seeking donations for the Madathon. Officials need 32 bottles of diet coke, Mentos candies, eggs and 35 to 40 cans of whipped cream. Call David Harger at 241-0554.
DVD Picks: 'Pillow Talk'
Time for another home-viewing recommendation from film critic Bob Mondello. This week, Bob's listening in on Rock Hudson and Doris Day as they make a bit of Pillow Talk. What happens when the Girl Next Door meets Mr. Beefcake? It's instant chemistry, albeit of the explosive sort — think Mentos and Diet Coke.
'Blown Covers': Not Ready For The Newsstand
This week's cover of the New Yorker magazine is a witty drawing by artist Chris Ware of a playground full of young children and their watchful parents. One woman wheels her son in a stroller, only to see that all the other parents are men. The image is called "Mother's Day." But for all the memorable New Yorker covers out there, an equally large number of covers didn't make it to the newsstand ...
EDUCATION: 'One size fits all' sort of system out of date
THINGS were easy, interesting, yet tough for me through my school days. It was only recently that I realised I have a huge creative streak buried deep inside me. That was after I did a dermatoglyphic test which indicated my creativity quotient was ranked above average.
STEM-ulating fun at Baker School
There were some unusual phenomena at Baker School Tuesday during Family S.T.E.M. Night. Paper clips hovered in mid air, pierced plastic bags didn’t leak, tossed eggs didn’t break, volcanoes erupted, and kids chatted to each other over a phone...
Vote for Lego Firefly
By now most of our readers have come across the Lego Cuuso site, a place where builders can submit models and people can vote on them. If the model gets 10,000 votes Lego will look into the possibility of making it into an official playset.
iRig Mix Turns Music Listeners Into Music Makers
My music lessons at school were a little uninspiring, and at home my Bontempi keyboard failed to inspire me -- even with its seven preset voices. I was slightly skeptical when I stumbled across the DJ Rig app for iPhone and iPad. Was this another short-lived gimmick?
Teen Boat : Angst, Thrills, Barnacles
Remember Turbo Teen ? It was a really goofy cartoon from the ’80s that involved a teenager who got mixed up in a secret government experiment, which … okay, the point is that he was a teenager who could turn into a car.
The real business of the DIY movement
At the inaugural Hardware Innovation Workshop, about 200 leaders in the DIY movement gather to talk about how to build real companies, while still maintaining a maker ethos. Originally posted at News - Cutting Edge
GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution: Sleepless Camping
Believe it or not, we survived and are recovering from last week’s pop-top camping trip to Santa Fe. I miss the huevos rancheros, but not the camper’s cycling vortex heater. For those of you who missed this week’s puzzle it was this: The pop-top has a propane heater, set on a thermostat. Only the heater [...]
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