Monthly Archives: March 2010

Going Green

Posted on March 15, 2010 | Leave a comment

So, a friend of mine recently purchased a small solar panel for about a hundred bucks. He then connected it to a deep cycle battery. And he connected THAT to an inverter. After only a little bit of sunshine he is able to power his radio, some lights and even some power tools. All for under $300.

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Posted in Economics, Energy, Fun, Global Warming

Tagged Alternative Energy, Green Jobs, Solar

Markets in Everything: Sex

Posted on March 15, 2010 | 2 comments

Ever wonder what a woman is thinking? Is she in the mood?

Well, there’s an app for that.

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Public Schools: To Educate or Not to Educate

Posted on March 15, 2010 | Leave a comment

No secret here, our schools kinda suck. For years we have been lagging other nations in preparing our kids for a role in the global economy. A place where you are going to need to know a lot of stuff. A place where you are going to have to work really hard. A place where you are going to need to be able to do a lot of things right and at the same time for a LONG time.

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Posted in Education, States Behaving Badly

Tagged Minnesota, Public Schools

Shetech

Posted on March 15, 2010 | Leave a comment

I came across a great Pelosi quote this morning; from Coyote:

Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.

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Posted in Health Care, Liberty, Politics: National, Welfare

Tagged Conservative, Left, Leftist, Nancy Pelosi, Rebekka Hilgraves, Right

Happy A/r^2 Day

Posted on March 14, 2010 | Leave a comment

Today is March 14th. Or, abbreviated today is 3.14; the value of Pi.

Happy Pi day!

If you divide the perimeter of The Great Pyramid by it’s height, you get 2π.

By extending π to only 9 digits you can calculate the circumference of the earth to within 1/4 inch.

A river’s meandering is described by its sinuosity – the length along its winding path divided by the distance from source to ocean as the crow flies. It turns out the average river has a sinuosity of about 3.14.

Finally, what do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by it’s diameter? Pumpkin pi.

Enjoy

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Posted in Education, Fun

Tagged math, pi