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This week Chris and Russ do a basic introduction to blogging. What is a blog? Why would you write one? How do you get started? How do you make your blog popular?
The most popular free blogging services are blogger, which is a google thing and the very popular typepad. There are a whole bunch more; you can find a list here.
One of the more popular (lefty leaning, political) blogging sites is the Huffington Post.
The Blog On Blog has a good list of ways to make your blog popular.
There are a number of articles about making duct tape laptop bags: For example this one.
You can find lots of off the wall how to's on the Make Magazine Blog.
Chris & Russ
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
AG15: To iPhone Or To Kindle?
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This week Chris is all excited about his new iPhone 3Gs. Apples uber popular phone is either $99 or $199.It seems that Chris went along to the Apple store with his wife, just to keep her company while she bought a new phone. But it seems that they were handing the kool-aid at the door and Chris ended up with a phone of his very own.
Not to be outdone, at about the same time Russ acquired an Amazon Kindle DX, the ultimate in ebook readers. The Kindle DX is not cheap: $489, but there is a smaller, but perfectly usable model that goes for $299. The real cool thing about the Kindle is that you can buy and download books wirelessly right from Amazon all without a computer. If you do plug your Kindle into a computer (USB), you can download all kinds of free books (mostly classics) and load them onto your Kindle.
This episode also marks the introduction of Bailey's Law:
Never Let Your Mom Use Your Computer
Chris and Russ
This week Chris is all excited about his new iPhone 3Gs. Apples uber popular phone is either $99 or $199.It seems that Chris went along to the Apple store with his wife, just to keep her company while she bought a new phone. But it seems that they were handing the kool-aid at the door and Chris ended up with a phone of his very own.
Not to be outdone, at about the same time Russ acquired an Amazon Kindle DX, the ultimate in ebook readers. The Kindle DX is not cheap: $489, but there is a smaller, but perfectly usable model that goes for $299. The real cool thing about the Kindle is that you can buy and download books wirelessly right from Amazon all without a computer. If you do plug your Kindle into a computer (USB), you can download all kinds of free books (mostly classics) and load them onto your Kindle.
This episode also marks the introduction of Bailey's Law:
Never Let Your Mom Use Your Computer
Chris and Russ
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
AG14: How Many Cabs In The Universe?
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In this episode Chris and Russ explore 'Fermi problems', the kind of problems that scientist Enrico Fermi used to pose to his students. A Fermi problem is a question that involves estimating quantities that seem completely out of reach, but aren't. Usually the rule is that you work out a Fermi problem just with your general knowledge and your wits.
Some sample Fermi problems are: How many dogs live in your city? How much does your local grocery store or 7-11 gross in a day? How many hot dogs do Americans eat in a year? How thick is a piece of paper? In fact, making up the questions is almost as much fun as solving them.
A good biography of Enrico Fermi, the originator of the Fermi problem is Enrico Fermi, Physicist You can find a collection of Fermi questions or problems
here.
According to wikipedia number of cabs in New York is actually 13,087: God knows where Russ got the 18,000 number but close enough for a Fermi problem!
The SETI Institute has a good explanation of the Drake equation. You can also find a video of Carl Sagan explaining it on youtube.
In this episode Chris and Russ explore 'Fermi problems', the kind of problems that scientist Enrico Fermi used to pose to his students. A Fermi problem is a question that involves estimating quantities that seem completely out of reach, but aren't. Usually the rule is that you work out a Fermi problem just with your general knowledge and your wits.
Some sample Fermi problems are: How many dogs live in your city? How much does your local grocery store or 7-11 gross in a day? How many hot dogs do Americans eat in a year? How thick is a piece of paper? In fact, making up the questions is almost as much fun as solving them.
A good biography of Enrico Fermi, the originator of the Fermi problem is Enrico Fermi, Physicist You can find a collection of Fermi questions or problems
here.
According to wikipedia number of cabs in New York is actually 13,087: God knows where Russ got the 18,000 number but close enough for a Fermi problem!
The SETI Institute has a good explanation of the Drake equation. You can also find a video of Carl Sagan explaining it on youtube.
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