2010 February | Tim's Blog

It’s Not That You’re Wrong, I Just Don’t Believe You

By admin, on February 11th, 2010%

I was reading a blog post at work by an Engineering Manger who was writing about an article in Wired magazine. The title is Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up. The premise of the story is when we don’t believe the results of some of some action, it may be that the results were accurate, . . . → Read More: It’s Not That You’re Wrong, I Just Don’t Believe You

Please, Teach Real Math

By admin, on February 5th, 2010%

So a victory was had yesterday for proponents of “real math” in the Seattle School District. In a ruling by Superior Court Judge Julie Specter, the Seattle School Board was called arbitrary and capricious for selecting the “inquiry-based” Discovering Series math for its high school math textbooks. The school board decision, by the way, was split . . . → Read More: Please, Teach Real Math

Yea for Yami Lactose Free Yogurt

By admin, on February 4th, 2010%

I am severely lactose intolerant. Not that I hold a personal grudge against the dairy based complex sugar, it’s just that my digestive system has decided it doesn’t want to deal with it anymore.

If you didn’t know, lactose, as I mentioned above, is a complex sugar found in dairy milk made up of the simple sugars . . . → Read More: Yea for Yami Lactose Free Yogurt