Please join me in wishing Mike – co-founder of The Finch & Pea, my former co-indentured servant of Barak Cohen’s lab, nice guy, sci-fi guru, and irritatingly talented piano player – a very happy birthday. Remember, buddy, its not how old you are, it’s how old you feel – we are going to need a lot of candles.
. . .AND MANY MOOOOOOORRRRREEEEE!!!
You know that moment when your friend does something so amazing you can’t help bragging on them? Try not one, but two, in one week. Below you’ll find video of my friend Kerri Morgan winning the bronze medal in both the 100m & 200m Women’s T52 sprints at the 2012 Paralympic Games.
Go to minute 56:50 for the Women’s 200m T52 final.
It’s not that extracting information from your kids is hard; but parents know that extracting high quality, useful information is almost impossible. My offspring can talk continuously1, but when it comes to a direct request for information the clam up, like clams with dimples. Their vocabulary is reduced a repetition of”yes” or “no”. How can I know if my questions are generating reliable information? How can I know if “no” really means “no” when I ask if anyone needs to use the potty2? Continue reading “Parental controls”
1. Curiosity Mars Rover descent in real time – via Xeni Jardin.
2. Dog Topography – via Maria Popova.
3. Sculptural Feynman diagrams by Edward Tufte – via Joe Kraus via David Pescovitz.
4. “Atheists Ignore Islamophobia at Their Peril” by Chris Stedman.
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