These quotes from Robert Frost seemed appropriate to the end of the semester:
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
Our daughter, Sarah, and her husband, John, keep us feeling a part of the family with an online family webpage featuring (almost) daily pictures and snippets of life in the Free household. Here’s the current story…
(from Sarah) Maggie and I were talking one morning as she was eating breakfast. I had recently heard from Ethan’s [...]
This is just too cool…
Math Songs: The Sonifications and Videos
Listen to some of the most famous mathematical equations. Yes, listen. And be amazed.
Creation is truly multi-disciplinary.
HT: Digg via Mark
The Tolkien Estate has had a website “under construction” for a bit now. But with the release of The Children of Húrin there are new things to see! The best is the Flash intro that cleverly highlights some of Tolkien’s own artwork.
Explore around the site and you’ll see more of his work in the borders [...]
… try this:
And when you get tired of that, click on the little link at the bottom right that says “Feed the HEAD.”
Keep figuring out what you can get the head to do.
HT: Mark (who thinks I never waste any time)
On a day like today, all the rivalries between UVa (I’m an alum and still work with the Physics department) and VT melt away. Our daughter, her husband, and many, many of their friends graduated from VT. Mark and I have former students who are still students at VT. Our hearts and prayers go out [...]
This is a quote from Touchstone Magazine. It touches on some of the discussions regarding translating that we’ve been having in our Proverbs class. I think it is really helpful in showing the complexities and decisions made when we (attempt to) translate.
Word to the Wise by ANTHONY ESOLEN (excerpt)
Dante is often obscure: He coins odd [...]
except on April 1.
Mark got “had” by Google.
Too bad, he was really excited about the new service!
Teehee.