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My friend and veteran math teacher Cindy posted to her blog "100 Handwritten Notes" this brilliant, face-palming interchange between her and a clothing business called BlueQ. TLDR: Cindy writes ranty, but erudite email to company for selling a females-only sock with a message about hating math. Company owner replies dismissively, and accidently includes internal email…

 These are my two Digital Learning team members Christine and Matt, a few seconds after we had showered them with stuffed animals. They had requested a "pile of puppies and kittens" for their birthdays this week, which I told them was impossible.  But I actually had all of the staff in our department bring in…

I've been loving riding around the city in "Bella," the Buddy 170i scooter I purchased in March.  So convenient, fun to ride, easy to park, and cheap to maintain.  And so so pretty.

Rocking it old skool in my Adidas classic shell-toes. More pics here, for all you sneakerheads.    

Some sartorially savvy swing dancers started the tradition of "Oc-Tie-ber" a couple of years ago, and it has since blossomed into an online event celebrated by a couple of hundred people around the country. It's a pretty simple idea, according to the group: With the arrival of fall, men (and a few fashionably  adventurous women)…

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't make this toy for my kid.  But I'm loving how he is rocking that cap and outfit! From a 1941 advertisement for a wooden machine gun kit. [From Modern Mechanix blog, via Boing Boing.]

 My friend DJ gave me permission to share this pic of this nerdtastic tattoo he got on his back about a week ago.  Yes, those are the guns from NES game "Duck Hunt" and the coins and plant from "Super Mario," all together in a western motif.  Lovely work (in progress) by tattoo artist Liaa Walter at…

Here's my first iOS game I created / modded using the fun Stencyl game development system.  Obviously a work-in-progress.  But it's already pretty fun to play!

For the past couple of months I've been playing the MMO Glitch with my girlfriend. I've never had a gamer girlfriend before, so it's been an interesting experience for me. I've learned a few things about online gaming with an S.O. that you might want to keep in mind: When she asks for the keys to your…

  Yesterday I finally got to try out the handmade virtual pinball machine created by my buddy Spuds that he calls "iPin3K".  It's ridiculously cool. From afar it looks like your standard (if a bit wide) pinball machine, complete with flippers, a ball shooter, and flashing lights.  Which is already so cool to have in…