Author Archives: Jenny-Williams
Three Fun Quick-to-Play Card Games
Photo: Out of the Box Games
These days, a lot of the more popular games take a long time to play. At games nights I have attended, certain games have been infamous for taking as long to explain to a new player as it takes to play any other game in the room. Passionate fans of […] Continue reading
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Perform Engineering Calculations in the Palm of Your Hand
Are you an engineer who wishes they had access to some work-related calculations out in the field? A series of handy new apps may offer what you need. The Formulator Series by MultiEducator, Inc. is a series of iPhone/iPod Touch apps designed and packaged for a variety of engineering and other professionals. Depending on the […] Continue reading
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Tagged Civil engineer, Electronic Geek, Engineering, iPhone Apps, iPod Touch apps, Science and Education
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10 Ways to a Geeky Girl’s Heart
Image by qthomasbower via Flickr*
If you’re a geeky guy looking to romance a geeky girl, it doesn’t matter if you’ve been with her forever or if she’s a new interest; realize that conventional romantic overtures won’t always work. Flowers can be construed as boring, since they’ll just die. Chocolates are tasty, but tend to add […] Continue reading
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Tagged Everything Else, People, Valentine Day
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Pick Some Words Out of Little Pim’s Word Bag
Little Pim’s Word Bag
When you’re learning a foreign language, it’s helpful to have frequent vocabulary reminders for words you have learned. To help with that, the creators of the Little Pim DVDs (which Jonathan and I reviewed recently) have written an app for the iPhone/iPod Touch called Little Pim’s Word Bag*. The app contains both […] Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Electronic Geek, Foreign language, French language, ITunes Store, learning, Spanish language, Vocabulary
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Discover Discover the Desert
Our world is full of many different types of ecosystems. We tend to be very familiar with the ones in which we live, and with the ones where we spend a great deal of time. But we’re often unfamiliar with many of the others. Since the world’s deserts are only a small part of what […] Continue reading
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Tagged Armchair Geek, Desert, Kids and Teens, Projects and Activities, Science and Education, water
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How Will the Apple Tablet iPad Change Our Kids’ Lives?
There has been much speculation about what Apple will be announcing today. Will it be a glorified book reader? An iPod Touch/iPhone on steroids? We will find out very quickly here, and then we can all envision how we could use the device. Will it help you at work? Will it be the perfect commuting […] Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Electronic Geek, iPhone, IPod Touch, Science and Education, Tablet, Toys and Technology
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10 Days in… Geography Game Heaven!
I have loved games, maps and geography for as long as I can remember. Having all of them at once is only that much sweeter. A few years ago I discovered the 10 Days in.. games from Out of the Box, but I never did buy them. They’ve been on my Amazon Wish List for […] Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Armchair Geek, Asia, board game, Europe, Games, John Kovalic, Science and Education, United States
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Are You a Renaissance Soul?
I have always been frustrated by the fact that I can’t stick with most things long enough to get good at them. I find a new project or hobby, do it for a little while and then get bored very quickly. Once I become familiar enough with the interesting points, I drop it and move […] Continue reading
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Tagged Everything Else, Focus, Interests, Renaissance Soul, scanner
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Little Pim Teaches Your Kids Foreign Languages!
Ever since I started homeschooling my kids, I’ve been searching for a fun, age-appropriate Spanish program that doesn’t cost a lot of money. I didn’t start learning Spanish until the 5th grade, so I wasn’t sure where to start with my primary aged kids. We’ve checked out books from the library, bought a couple of […] Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese language, English language, French language, German language, Italian language, Japanese language, Science and Education, Spanish language
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Stop Overscheduling Your Children!
Kids naturally need unstructured time to play, to discover their own interests, to goof around, to try things out. Some kids in our society have almost no time left to themselves, often because their parents are overscheduled themselves. Or their parents are so concerned about their kids’ achievement that the kids are constantly doing some […] Continue reading
