General

Welcome…

July 13, 2010

…to my blog. I write about science education, radical/liberal politics, accessible web design, web support for small “brick and mortar” businesses, and a little about my life. Since I write about such a broad spectrum of topics, you may want to click the category link (on the right) of the topic you are most interested [...]

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Snow on Claremont Avenue in Oakland/Berkeley hills

December 7, 2009
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New East Span Bay Bridge earthquake simulation video

October 15, 2009

Sorry, I couldn’t get the video below to not autostart. Click the Pause button to stop it if you don’t want it to run.

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Loma Prieta 20 year anniversary

October 14, 2009

This Saturday (October 17, 2009) marks the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. Everyone who was in the Santa Cruz/SF Bay Area has their story of where they were, and KQED’s Forum call-in program had a great hour yesterday. It’s been long enough ago that for my students (juniors and seniors in high school) [...]

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A short poem about love

September 26, 2009

In my life, every time that I’ve found it, love appears in a different way sometimes it’s right where I’m looking other times in an fog shrouded bay How love is is also quite varied erotic or gentle or wild I don’t know how the next one will appear old soul or youthful child For [...]

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Introducing the Book: Help Desk

September 24, 2009
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Uprisings: The Whole Grain Bakers’ Book

June 24, 2009

Update: December 2010: I have created a web site, uprisingsbakersbook.org, where I’m adding recipes and other pages from the book. I’m working on permissions from the publisher and bakeries, so I’m starting with bakeries that are closed. Look for weekly updates. In 1983, the Cooperative Whole Grain Educational Association published Uprisings; The Whole Grain Bakers’ [...]

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Free shoppping?

May 17, 2009

It’s that time again. Time to wander the aisles of the college town “free stores.” These stores don’t pay rent, and the aisles move daily (if not hourly). The merchandise are the items the students don’t feel like taking with them. Walk around student neighborhoods as finals and graduation come to an end, and you’ll [...]

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Interesting “ESP” site

May 16, 2009

The test A friend sent me this. I was surprised at first, but then it didn’t take me too long to figure it out. Here’s the test: http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/Pickover/esp.html Try it out (it will open in a new window), then return here if you can’t figure it out. Scroll down for the solution. . . . [...]

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Studio open in my limited equity coop in Berkeley

May 1, 2009

There’s an opening in the limited equity coop apartment building I live it. Her’s the description: Studio Apartment Available June 1st in Limited Equity Housing Co-op Building is 120′s Spanish style, located close to UCB, Berkeley BART, shopping, and the “Gourmet Ghetto.” Together, we govern, manage, and maintain this 22-unit building. Monthly assessments cover everything [...]

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