Archive for November, 2009

I still haven’t gotten my hands on an H1N1 vaccine yet. And it looks a bunch of jolly men in red suits just stepped in line before me, too. According to Santa-America, a U.S. nonprofit organization that sends Santa across the United States to visit families dealing with various physical and emotional issues, the bearded giver of gifts wants protection from swine flu. I can’t blame him.

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This year, Harvard finally got its Quidditch team, joining dozens of other colleges in the sport: Quidditch takes flight at Harvard The sport has been in motion for several years. With schools like Harvard coming on board, the sport is going mainstream: The first real-life Quidditch team debuted at Middlebury College in 2005. Today, Harvard [...]

If you get bad service at a restaurant, you might consider skipping the tip. But that may be a bad idea if you are in a party of 6: College students arrested for not paying tip The students claim they got bad service (e.g. – “They had to find their own napkins and cutlery while [...]

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Good morning, SYSK Army. And isn’t it a lovely morning? It sure is here in the ATL. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, which means some nice relaxation for yours truly, along with a few little house projects during my time off. You gotta have life balance, right? Enough about me, how about a little podcast goodness?

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Black Friday – a shopper’s paradise. Lots of great deals can be found if you do a little research. And a site like this can really help: Black Friday Ads Also: Black Friday Deals: The Only List You Need Here they have deconstructed the ads into searchable text links. If you use Google you can [...]

You Asked: How does the Chunnel work? — Michael, Olmsted Township, Ohio Marshall Brain Answers: Built between 1988 and 1994, the Chunnel (officially known as the Channel Tunnel) is a 31 mile long link between England and France. It is a rail tunnel underneath the English Channel. This is the station on the England side: [...]

Since I have four kids, there are the occasional days when the one or more of my precious snowflakes are not-so-precious. If you are a parent, perhaps you occasionally experience the same thing. But what would you do if, one day, your child was truly bad, as in completely out of control? This article suggests [...]

In this episode of BrainStuff, Marshall reveals three common techniques for measuring the height of tall objects like towers.

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The Pantanal is a large wetland area located in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay that’s teeming with plant and animal life. Explore the wild, watery world of the Pantanal with Matt and Rachel in this episode of The Coolest Stuff on the Planet.

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When Edwin Land’s daughter asked why she couldn’t see a photograph immediately after it was taken, inspiration struck. Learn how this prolific inventor’s Stuff Of Genius polarized light and made every camera user an amateur film developer in this episode.

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