This week’s Phun Phriday post is about an iPad app called Hyper. Billed as a video magazine, this free app delivers a new set of hand-picked videos to you every day. According to the app’s description, film-makers choose the posts for each issue. This is not an app I would recommend downloading on student iPads … Read more
Words can be powerful weapons – even in baseball. As the Kansas City Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays battle it out over who will advance to the World Series, their city’s respective public libraries decided to take the competition to social media. After Kansas City’s library tweeted this photo following a victory over the … Read more
This week’s Phun Phriday post appealed to me for a few reasons: I have a bulldog that has this exact personality (and level of intelligence), It shows that perseverance is pretty useless when you keep doing the same thing, I have been feeling like I am this bulldog lately… (This might not necessarily be a … Read more
String art fascinated me as a child. Creating circles out of straight lines of thread seemed so delightfully oxymoronic that I would mesmerize myself for hours doing it over and over again. Since the only string art projects I did came from kits bought at the local hobby store, there wasn’t a lot of creativity … Read more
In case you haven’t heard the news, Kid President is now an uncle! He’s a bit concerned about this new responsibility, so he consulted Steve Martin for advice. This week’s Phun Phriday offering is the link to the video of this interview – and don’t miss the “Butter me up, and call me a biscuit!” secret … Read more
For today’s Phun Phriday post, I am sharing a Rube Goldbergian feat by Ariel Llama. Set to the music of “Science” by the Dull Eyed Llamas, you will see an elaborate set-up designed to open a door. Here is part of the summary on YouTube: “This Rube Goldberg machine took almost 1 year to build, … Read more