Kid manifesto

Kid manifesto

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Not a bad childrearing philosophy, if you ask me.

Source unknown) (Thanks, @DrinkyMcEyeball )

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What are cool and inexpensive home science experiments I can do to blow my child's mind?

What are cool and inexpensive home science experiments I can do to blow my child's mind?

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A Quora user posted the following question: "What are cool and inexpensive home science experiments I can do to blow my son's mind?" He got a bunch of great answers, including this video of a girl explaining how to suck a hard boiled egg into a bottle. She is delighted with the results, and I laughed right along with her. Other ideas include a homopolar motor, collecting micrometeorites from your roof, and making a pickle glow.

What are cool and inexpensive home science experiments I can do to blow my child's mind?

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Cool space-saving kid rooms

Cool space-saving kid rooms

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Twister Sifter has a gallery of 12 cool kid room designs from Italian furniture designer Tumidei Spa. I like the idea of making good use of vertical space, which typically goes to waste (with the exception of bunk beds).

12 Space Saving Furniture Ideas for Kids Rooms

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How to learn hiragana in one hour or less

How to learn hiragana in one hour or less

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A week or so ago I decide to relearn hiragana and katakana (Japanese syllabaries), which I'd completely forgotten. I loaded a hiragana flashcard set onto iAnki (read Gary Wolf's excellent Wired article about the guy who invented the memory technique that iAnki employs) and went to work. Progress was brutally slow.

I looked around the iTunes store and came across Dr. Moku's Hiragana Mnemonics. It presents each character as an appealing and memorable cartoon - a rabbit eyeing a carrot, a dude with food, a farting cow. Each flashcard is a different color (to "refresh your brain" with each new character). Thirty minutes later I had memorized all 46 hiragana. Now my 9-year-old is learning them, and having a lot of fun. (of course, learning to write hiragana is going to take much more time).

Now it's time for Dr. Moku's Katakana Mnemonics.

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Fallen Astronaut figure on the Moon

Fallen Astronaut figure on the Moon

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Seen above is the Fallen Astronaut, a tiny aluminum figurine that on August 1, 1971 the Apollo 15 crew placed on the Moon's surface with a plaque listing the names of 14 astronauts and cosmonauts who had died. Belgian artist Paul Van Hoeydonck created the figure and later took a ton of shit from NASA for making replicas that he intended to sell. The space agency felt the commercialization went against their original understanding with Van Hoeydonck. "Fallen Astronaut" (Wikipedia, via Weird Universe)

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Münchhausen-Check: Wie gerecht sind Einkommen und Vermögen verteilt?

Münchhausen-Check: Wie gerecht sind Einkommen und Vermögen verteilt?

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"Einkommens- und Vermögensverteilung driften auseinander", sagt SPD-Kanzlerkandidat Steinbrück. Kanzlerin Merkel verkündet: "Die Einkommensungleichheit ist gesunken." SPIEGEL ONLINE und die Dokumentationsjournalisten des SPIEGEL machen den Münchhausen-Check: Wer sagt die Wahrheit?



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Comic for December 4, 2012

Comic for December 4, 2012

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Mind-blowing animated GIF

Mind-blowing animated GIF

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Mind-blowing. (via Imaginary Foundation)

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The social science of Middle Earth

The social science of Middle Earth

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The Lord of the Rings Project collects and analyzes data on all the characters inhabiting Middle Earth, to produce statistical comparisons of life expectancy, age distribution, population, and more.







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How Does a Single Line of BASIC Make an Intricate Maze?

How Does a Single Line of BASIC Make an Intricate Maze?

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JameskPratt writes "This Slate article talks about a single line of code — 10 PRINT CHR$ (205.5 + RND (1)); : GOTO 10 — and how it manages to create a complicated maze with out the use of a loop, variables and without very complicate syntax." Now that amazing snippet of code is the basis of a book, and the book is freely downloadable.

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Floppy Table made from rolled steel, with hidden compartment

Floppy Table made from rolled steel, with hidden compartment

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Neulant van Exel's Floppy Table is made from rolled steel, and its dust-guard slides aside to reveal a cavity for storing your TV remote. No pricing info, so I assume this is one of those, "If you have you ask, you can't afford it" deals.

Material:

Hot-rolled steel (welded)

Stainless steel (welded)

Measures:

27.56" width x 25.59" height x 17.72" depth

70cm width x 45cm height x 65cm depth

Extras: Secret space

Floppy Table (via JWZ )

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