I had never heard of the Cornwells before finding this gem of a film on archive.org, but I am glad I know about their work now. The film shown below is from 1977, and does a good job of explaining congruent triangles. It is a bit slow at first, but the last 90 seconds really [...]
I usually browse the films in the AV Geeks collection looking for the unintentionally artful – educational films about cafeteria manners or sensible food shopping can be be high-camp entertainment. Democracy has that 1945 look and feel, but the didactic content is still very relevant. The companion film, Despotism, is also worth watching.
Barstow train station The train station in Barstow California is rather lonely, like most train stations in the US. It is, however, the home of the Route 66 Museum, so if you find yourself in Barstow with a little bit of time to spare, make the drive through town, over to the station, and take [...]
San Mateo Eggs, originally uploaded by normnode. Local eggs, nice colors. Please let the omelet be worthy.
It was a gorgeous day in San Francisco, almost too nice a day to spend indoors. Luckily the time indoors was spent listening to engaged and engaging people talk about interesting things. How to build support for right-to-left languages when coding themes for WordPress, or how an exploratory learning model can be a better approach [...]