What’s on the web?
My weekly links of note: As a builder I absolutely love Japanese artesian craftsmanship, perhaps most with the most mundane of objects. I started out studying economics because I wanted to understand how places developed. This…
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Feria de Otoño del Libros – Favorite History Book Roundup
Not too far from where we live in Madrid the city holds the Feria de Otoño del Libros (Autumn Book Fair) every September. I absolutely love old books so even though my language skills are…
What’s on the Web?
My weekly links of note: It’s comforting in our age of youth worship to learn that human culture and society didn’t really get going until old people showed up. You’re welcome, Kiddos. What a fantastic…
The iPhone Still Seems Like Magic
Today Apple launched two new iphones, the 5c and 5s. Much of the press reaction seems underwhelmed or simply disappointed that Apple didn’t put out a truly cheaper phone which would either revolutionize the phone…
Madrid 2020
“Al dejar fuera a Madrid fue como un baile de zombies” – Cayetano Martinez de Irujo, The president of the Association of Athletes. It’s a sad night here in Madrid. The town was prepped for a huge…
What’s on the Web?
My weekly links of note… Middle school kids love the world’s tallest, longest, largest… and these new shipping boats are larger than the Empire State Building. Great article on the economics and the cyclic nature…
Lesson Plan: The American Dream
The American Dream: A 5 C’s Lesson Plan In one of my teaching courses this summer my assignment was to analyze a lesson plan that I teach or have taught classifying the components using the…