Parents' challenge: gifted children may be 'twice exceptional' "A little-known fact about gifted children is that many – some say most – have learning disabilities or attention problems, too. This is known as being "twice exceptional." Other children are misdiagnosed … Continue reading
At least back in Texas again. Ft. Worth, that is. Few observations to make aside from the tenacity of squirrels and the tendency of residential ornamental vegetation (“Bring me a shrubbery!“) in temperate climates to proliferate. Her yard is a … Continue reading
Neo-Nazis are in the Army now | Salon News "Why the U.S. military is ignoring its own regulations and permitting white supremacists to join its ranks." See also David Neiwert's "Nazis in the military: 'I'm so proud of my kills'"http://bit.ly/x39z … Continue reading
It's official: 'Futurama' is reborn! | EW.com Great news! (tags: Futurama animination Groening) Modified Mars Pretty thought provoking via Thomas Gangale on Facebook: "This is a gift that I would like to share with my Gangale friends on Facebook. My … Continue reading
The Right Tool: Clovis Find in Colorado Showcases 13,000-Year-Old Workmanship | New West Blog An appreciation of the great toolmakers who preceded us. [via Brian at dogyears] (tags: archaeology clovis colorado via:dogyears) How to format external hard drive to FAT32 … Continue reading
Why Sonia Sotomayor was talking about race in the first place. – By Monica Youn – Slate Magazine Rafe sums it well: "Useful context for the "wise Latina" speech." (tags: via:rafé politics obama democrats Sotomayor SCOTUS) FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: … Continue reading
Playing Hulu from my Mac to my TV | Tom Negrino at Backup Brain "I discovered a few days ago that with the right adapters and cables, Hulu Desktop playing from my MacBook onto my TV looks quite acceptable. How … Continue reading
As a part of ongoing efforts to enable Audrey to move back and forth between various computing platforms at home, uni, and at a lab in Germany, I am trying to install the macports package for ntfs-3g which would allow … Continue reading
Obama's trail of broken promises | Salon "We once respected democracy by at least demanding explanations — however weak — for unfulfilled promises. Then we became a country whose scorched-earth campaigns against flip-flopping desensitized us to reversals. Now, we don't … Continue reading
Where Are the Rovers Now?: Mars Exploration Rover Mission (tags: maps mars NOW rovers marsrover) Carrer Blog: 1 line CSS Grid Framework Nice. [via Garret at dangerousmeta!] (tags: css webdev howto grid css-frameworks via:garret) Reagan Didn't Do It | Robert … Continue reading
