I like to have my lab set up with tables put together in the middle of the room with computers around that wall. This allows space for lessons and planning away from the keyboards. Students like to move tables around when they are working in groups. Computers around the wall gives me a view of all the screens allowing me to keep students on task.

33 children injured total is not a huge number. I think more children are injured by electrical outlets, knives, stoves, etc around the house each day. Parents need to watch their kids. The child in the summary would have had a lot less trouble if they had taken the kid to the doctor immediately; rather then waiting a few days. If the child is in pain they need to get the kid checked out asap. That being said there could be a warning in the box stating that swallowed magnets warrant a trip to the doctor, but I don't see why this a news fro nerd or really something that matters to most.

I tend to form close relationships to the nerdy students in the school, and I tend to have more in common with them then the other teachers I work with. I also politely inform each student that tries to friend me on Facebook that I won't friend them until graduation, since I use my Facebook for personal rather then profession purposes. Once they graduate I have no problem friending them if they approach me again.

The only one that doesn't run in chrome is "far7". In fact "Robots are People Too" actually recommends chrome.

I am with you. I still have to actively stop myself from finnish my food at restaurants.

>>>There are a lot of cool things on the Android app market. The only thing I really wish for that isn't present is a decent fantasy RPG. Who needs native games, when you have a suite of amazing emulators! SNesoid for Super Nintendo (ff 2 & 3, Zelda, Super Mario RPG), Gensoid for Sega Genesis/Master System (Phantasy Star 2 &3), and Nesnoid for Nintendo (...more games then you can imagine...)

If you live in the north-east Verizon is the only carrier to provide "good" coverage. I have used AT&T and T-Mobile. I only pay $73/month for my Verizon Droid (450 min, of which I use maybe 100; 200 text; Unlimited Data). This is comparable to my iPhone which I paid $86/month but I can actually use my Droid as a phone and Actually have the internet in my pocket, vs. the iPhone which was a bad phone when it got service and only really had the internet available in cities or near wifi.

What advances in Cellphones? A little faster, a little smaller, a camera, maybe a 'full' keyboard for texting.

I'd argue that cellphones have really started to make the just from mobile phone to personal mobile computer. Every year it becomes easier to use them to truely intergrate the online world into our personal life. They are becoming the Tricorder or Hitchhikers Guide. The next few years the features of the high end phone will become common for all users. Data will be a standard addition to every cell phone plan.

1972 Super Beetle: 1850lbs http://forum.rigsofrods.com/index.php?topic=5870.0
1977 MGB Roadster: 2416lbs http://www.mgbmga.com/tech/mgb4(2).htm
1965 International Scout: 3956lbs http://www.4wdonline.com/International/Scout.html

2008 Yaris: 2405lbs http://blogs.motortrend.com/6238178/miscellaneous/top-10-slowest-vehicles-recently-tested-by-motor-trend/index.html
2006 Mazda MX-5 2410lbs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_MX-5
2009 Ford Explorer 4460lbs http://autos.aol.com/cars-Ford-Explorer-2009/available-trims

I think these generally compare with the cars you listed. In general our cars are quite a bit heavier then you'd think. The weight is in the frame of the car and has metal to move the force of accidents around the passenger compartment, and to adsorb the force of impacts by crumpling. All of the plastic and fiberglass is in the exterior panels which have never been structural. Thanks to technology gained in recent years, people walk away from pretty impressive collisions in modern cars. The numbers show us that our cars are many times safer today then they were back in the day.

.7 deaths per 1000 vehicles in 1979 to .2 deaths per 1000 vehicles in 2001 http://www.scienceservingsociety.com/p/161.pdf
Over the last 10 years the number of collisions has stated fairly constant between .15 and .18 per 100 vehicles. http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx

They are better for doing work on yourself. I am nut sure that I believe that your classics can do better on gas-mileage versus a high-gas-mileage hybrid. The reason that they get such gas-mileage is that they are build with lighter materials then modern cars. This means that they do not stand up to impacts the same way that a modern car does. You are essentially driving a car that will seriously maim or kill you in a serious accident. I am not saying that classic cars are bad, I seriously want a late model Corvair, but I have no illusions that it is a "safe" car; but it is no more dangerous then anything else on the road at that time. Enjoy your classics, they are beautiful cars that are fun to work on and drive; but don't believe that they are better then modern cars as a daily driver.

3. Bruce Campbell...and his boom stick!

>Here's a simple thought experiment: If Evolution is false, what created swine flu? The only other possible explanation is that God is a dick, and I don't believe that. Actually if you are referring to the biblical God, how can you not believe that he is an enormous dick. What do you call and entity that destroys everything on earth, sans one couple of each species? What do you call an entity that turns a woman into a pillar of salt for looking back at the city where she lived as it is being destroyed? What do you call an entity that punishes a rapist by requiring that he pay the father to marry the victim. I call him God.