I couldn’t wait until Phun Phriday to share this post. So, I’m officially declaring today Thrilling Thursday! On Tuesday, I saw a tweet from @techminock (2 Guys and Some iPads) about an app from FuelFX. After responding to Drew’s tweet, I got a tweet with the link to the app from FuelFX, and an invitation … Read more
Last year, our school Robotics club had 18 boys and 6 girls. This year, I thought I would try to even out that ratio by using a bit of subtle persuasion. I put a picture of the girls from last year’s Robotics team on the applications. Apparently, I was a bit too subtle. We just … Read more
I have two things to share for today’s “Phun Phriday” post. With our participation in the Global Cardboard Challenge preoccupying me, I have been obsessing about any topic in tweets, posts, or online articles related to making and/or building. First up is a series of products from “Roominate”, which are billed as “Hands-On, Building, Circuits, … Read more
I really don’t want to keep calling these “Fun Friday” posts. There is absolutely no creativity in that label, and it’s starting to make me yawn. I went to thesaurus.com to give me some help in coming up with a new name, however, and was, quite frankly, appalled at the ridiculously short supply of synonyms … Read more
I promise this blog is not supported by Kickstarter. Well, it’s not supported by anyone. At least not financially. But, you might be starting to get suspicious if you are a regular reader, as I have done quite a few posts about Kickstarter projects. (3Doodler, WaterColor Bot, GoldieBlox, and (just yesterday) Robot Turtles – to … Read more
Many attempts to encourage girls to pursue scientific careers through toys seem to follow a line of thinking that suggests that merely producing playthings in pastel purples and pinks will make them more appealing to the female gender. I have addressed the questionable nature of this hypothesis in a couple of other posts. (See Goldiblox, … Read more