{"id":560,"date":"2009-01-30T22:11:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T02:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=560"},"modified":"2009-01-30T22:12:15","modified_gmt":"2009-01-31T02:12:15","slug":"odd-lots-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=560","title":{"rendered":"Odd Lots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li>In one of my rambles around the Web looking for interestering perspectives on education, I ran across <a href=\"http:\/\/examinelife.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/flynn-effect.html\">this very insightful<\/a> (if possibly misnamed) blog post. My take: We are teaching an entire generation that their own blathery opinions are unassailable. Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.<\/li>\n<li>From Frank Glover comes a link to recent research suggesting that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/40170\/title\/Darkness,_melatonin_may_stall_breast_and_prostate_cancers_\">too much artificial light at night correlates with higher risk of breast and prostate cancer<\/a>. More research is needed, but if the answer is to go to bed early and sleep in a dark room, Carol and I have it covered.<\/li>\n<li>Rocky Jones&#8217;s Silvercup Rocket is well along on its restoration, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mst3ktemple.com\/rockyjones.html\">this page<\/a> has both period and recent photos, as well as the best history of the Rocky Jones TV show that I&#8217;ve seen anywhere. (Ok, I&#8217;m biased&#8211;two of the photos are mine!)<\/li>\n<li>Many people who have read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.junkbox.com\/kites\/Hi-FlierKites.shtml\">my Hi-Flier Kites article<\/a> have asked me what sort of paper was used to make the dime-store paper kites of the 1960s. I&#8217;ve asked around and tried any number of papers, but now I think I&#8217;ve come fairly close with a type of paper made in Germany and called&#8211;sunuvugun&#8211;&#8220;kite paper.&#8221; For some reason it&#8217;s popular with the Waldorf school crowd, though not for making kites. You can get it in 19 1\/2&#8243; X 27 1\/2&#8243; sheets, albeit only in 100-sheet lots, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atoygarden.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&amp;Product_ID=1104\">A Toy Garden<\/a>. That&#8217;s a little smaller than the Hi-Flier 30&#8243; kite, but it&#8217;ll work. As spring gets a little closer, I&#8217;ll make one and report back here.<\/li>\n<li>What the Waldorf schools do with kite paper is in fact impressive; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/picturesbyann\/2543610406\/in\/set-72157602458380632\/\">this Flickr album<\/a> scrolls through a good many photos of Waldorf traditional origami stars made with kite paper.<\/li>\n<li>From Bill Higgins comes a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowendmac.com\/index.shtml\">Low End Mac<\/a>, a site devoted to older Mac machines, especially pre-OS\/X.<\/li>\n<li>Pete Albrecht sends hope that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mauricelenell.com\/\">Maurice Lenell may not be out of business<\/a>, though their suburban Chicago plant will be razed to make way for yet another damned shopping mall.<\/li>\n<li>I have several reasons for opposing contact team sports in schools (as opposed to careful weight training and aerobics). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-sci-concussion28-2009jan28,0,7204581.story\">This is another one<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The three things I was afraid of as a six-year-old were robots, mummies, and volcanoes. I&#8217;ve made my peace with robots and mummies, but volcanoes still give me the willies, and <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20090130\/ap_on_re_us\/alaska_volcano\">our Alaskan citizens are watching another one nervously<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In case I don&#8217;t remember to mention it tomorrow or Sunday, <a href=\"http:\/\/animal.discovery.com\/tv\/puppy-bowl\/puppy-bowl.html\">Puppy Bowl V<\/a> on Animal Planet kicks off at 3 PM EST Sunday, 2 PM central, 1 PM Mountain. When you get good and tired of watching spoiled-brat millionaires get the crap beat out of them by other spoiled-brat millionaires, the puppies may be a blessed relief. We never miss it anymore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In one of my rambles around the Web looking for interestering perspectives on education, I ran across this very insightful (if possibly misnamed) blog post. My take: We are teaching an entire generation that their own blathery opinions are unassailable. Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. 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