Jack Michaels had the day off. He put on his jacket and walked out the door at a little past eight in the morning to run a few errands. His first stop was the hardware store, where he had to buy some paint and caulk to do some work on his bathroom. “Good morning, James,” […]
Ultimate Water Physics Novelty Device
Water is a remarkable compound. It expands and floats instead of sinks when it becomes a solid. It will pull itself through a siphon. It’s a universal solvent. Because of its unique and amazing properties, water can do a lot of things that don’t make sense unless you understand the science behind it all. There’s […]
Social Media Sites That Make You Work
People take for granted the services their social media sites provide. They take for granted that they can share photos with family and connect with old friends online for free. But what if a social media platform made users work to stay a member of the community? In real life, if you want to be […]
History Through Newspapers
One way to make learning history more attractive and intuitive is to show mock newspaper front pages. Each front page would show the current events of a particular time and place from the point of view of the time. Each day in history can have its own mock newspaper front page. Each front page would […]
Back Diary
Diaries have been around for a long time. You use one to record your current thoughts so you can look back on them in the future. The “Back Diary” is where you record your past and present thoughts so you can look back on them in the future. A conventional diary starts when you start the diary. […]
A Smarter Menu
There was a time when it was fashionable for software developers to make everything “dynamic” and “smart.” It annoyed the hell out of everyone. You would be typing up your paper in a word processor without looking at the screen. Then when you look up everything is formatted all weird, the sentences don’t make any […]