Open High School of Utah
Education today isn’t too different than it was 50 years ago. One teacher, a bunch of kids, instruction divided up by subject, standard curriculum across a large population, etc. It has done wonderful things for children and society, but it isn’t doing enough to prepare kids for the world today. I’ve got way too much [...]
Feed Fixed
I just realized that my FeedBurner feed settings were messed up so anyone who tried to subscribe probably got a feed error. I’ve fixed it now and successfully subscribed to it, so you can too. If you already subscribed to http://feeds.feedburner.com/GeekStack, you should (might?) be able to access posts now. If anyone can verify this, [...]
Happy Mole Day 2008!
Today is Mole Day, so Happy Mole Day to You!
What is Mole Day? Here’s some info from the National Mole Day Foundation website (currently down, here’s the Google cache):
Celebrated annually on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m., Mole Day commemorates Avogadro’s Number (6.02 x 10^23), which is a basic measuring unit in chemistry. [...]
Why Would a Software Geek Make a Physical Product?
Welcome to the first official blog post of GeekStack! This will either be the beginning of a journey towards fortune and fame, or at very worst a journey of enlightenment and education. My first job is to answer an important question, both to myself and you:
In the age of software- and internet-only startups, why are [...]
