Whoever said wind turbines litter the landscape?
This 3-D image won first prize at the AWEA wind power conference recently in Pittsburgh.
“While making this piece, I intended to show the beauty of renewable energy sources,” said creator Aleksandar Rodic.
Nice.
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Entries from October 2007
Pretty Windy
October 23rd, 2007 · 6 Comments
Tags: Energy
In recognition of . . .
October 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments
This morning, during announcements, I learned that this week we are celebrating/recognizing:
Breast Cancer Awareness
National Bus Safety Week
Red Ribbon Week
National Chemistry Week
National Forest Products Week
I thought that wasn’t nearly enough. So this week I will also be celebrating on a daily basis:
Today, Monday, Oct. 22: National Nut Day
Tuesday Oct. 23: National Mole Day and Tv […]
Volvo’s Overseas Delivery Program Means Travel To, From, and Within Europe is (almost) ABSOLUTELY FREE!
October 20th, 2007 · 6 Comments
“A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes
This summer, my family and I had the opportunity to take a trip of a lifetime. The 1st of July, we packed the whole gang, along with Lisa’s parents, into a Scandinavia Airlines 747 and traveled for three and a half […]
Tags: Learning · Money · Fun Stuff · Growth
The Little Book of Leadership
October 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Flip through this when you get a chance. Unlike my last post, this is not a waste of time.
It’s a good quick read.
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Tags: Uncategorized · Learning · Growth
The Superhero Quiz: Finally, a personality test that’s real.
October 17th, 2007 · 6 Comments
As we move forward in this age of rapid communication, personality testing and identification becomes more and more critical. In order to better communicate with others we need first to understand what type of people we are. To meet this need, there seems to be a dramatic increase in the number of personality […]
Tags: Fun Stuff
How to kill a house wasp-like a ninja
October 14th, 2007 · 25 Comments
Periodically we’ll get a wasp in the house. You know how it is.
One moment, you’re snacking on toast with peanut butter and chocolate chips, and the next, all hell breaks loose because a wasp starts dive-bombing random targets around the room.
The toast? Fuggetaboutit. One eye’s on the wasp, the other, frantically […]
Tags: Humor · Fun Stuff · Around the house · Creativity
New Words: From the mouths of middle schoolers
October 11th, 2007 · 6 Comments
A perfect example of how language is alive and growing. I learned two new words today.
Floweremabob–Noun. A word for anything you can’t think of the name of; used in place of thingamabob, used most often for things like this.
As in: “Hand me that flowermabob over there.”
Definitionize–Verb. To write the definition of a […]
Tags: Humor · Teaching · Creativity
Ask Jud: Evil Spirit or Scary Prank? The Answer is Magic
October 10th, 2007 · 11 Comments
Like a potent virus, Jud swept into the computer lab and quickly infected over half my computers–not to mention the kids using them.
“NO WAY!! How did it know that?”
“Ask Jud who is standing behind you!”
“THAT IS FREAKY!!!”
“Ask Jud what the name of my dog is!”
“JUD GETS IT RIGHT EVERY TIME!!!”
Ask Jud: Supernatural Psychic, Computer Virus, […]
Tags: Learning · Humor · Fun Stuff · mysteries · Puzzles
Powerpoint Done Right
October 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Just a quick one tonight. Because when it comes to teaching and learning Powerpoint, I couldn’t have said it better myself:
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Tags: Uncategorized · Learning · Teaching · Creativity
This is a blog about a superhero . . . right?
October 8th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Ah. . . cripes. I just wasted 45 minutes on the Heromachine at Marvelvc.com.
Don’t go there. It will seriously suck you in.
No wait. On second thought–try it. I’m sure you’re not as nerdy as I, so you probably won’t waste nearly as much time.
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Tags: Fun Stuff

