I heard the following three expressions during a conversation with a technology salesperson:
“Walk through the cadence”
“implementation champion”
“What is your why?”
Popularity Contest, continued
29 Jun 2023 Leave a comment
in blogging, Useful Information
This just in.
so take that, Miss Cornelia Prince Medal.
Writing in Script is the New Generational Divide
27 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in Useful Information Tags: script
Is it true that millennials cannot read or write script? Is it true that it is not taught in elementary school anymore?
For some reason, this chart tablet pad has the entire script alphabet on its cover.
890641
08 Jun 2022 Leave a comment
in Brooklyn, plants, Useful Information Tags: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Every plant at the BBG has an “accession number, which has information about the year the plant arrived at the garden and what number plant it was that year (e.g., the 1st to arrive, the 17th, the 641st). So which plant is 890641? The Large-Flowered Magnolia or the Climbing Hemp Vine?
This Book is the Property of:
15 Mar 2021 Leave a comment
I came across this label in a classroom book the other day. Anyone old enough to remember school textbooks probably remembers these labels affixed to the inside flap:
I remember that we defaced that label wth extreme prejudice, although I cannot recall the exact phrases we invariably used…Maybe something like State: Mental; Province (can’t recall); County: Jail; Parish (can’t recall), etc.
I am curious as to the origin of the label. Why these categories and not others, such as “school number” or “name?
New unit of measurement
08 Sep 2020 2 Comments
in Covid 19, math, Useful Information Tags: covid, measurement
I just had a brilliant idea for a new unit of measurement: the “covid.” And how big is the covid? You guessed it, six feet long.
“Hey Bob, I just hit a jump shot from two covids away.”
“That is great Mary. Did I tell you my new livingroom is four covids in length?”
Ad nauseum.
1 covid = 6 feet
Metric conversion, 2020
05 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in math, Useful Information Tags: kidney beans, metric
By this time, most conversions between metric units (grams, etc) and regular, i.e., American standard, units (ounces, etc) are pretty well established.
So how is it that Trader Joe’s and Urban Meadow’s brands have different conversions?
This can of TJ beans and this can of Urban Meadow Beans have the same serving size (130 grams) yet different cup amounts! TJ converts 130 grams into 3/4 cup, while UM converts 130 grams into 1/2 cup. That is a difference of 50%!
So which is correct? It is not so simple. According to this online-calculator.org, 130 grams equals .55 cups of water, which is very close to the 1/2 cup mark, but only .38 cups of honey and over a cup of flour.
And what about canned beans?
According the the USDA , 1/2 cup of kidney beans is only 117 grams (not 130)
And according to the Bush’s, the venerable baked beans company, 1/2 cup is 130 grams.
What do you think? Have you seen confusion when it comes to bean serving size conversion?
Decipede?
03 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in Useful Information Tags: decimeter, Westcott
If there is a millipede and a centipede, shouldn’t there be a decipede? And how would you measure it?
I’ll tell you how: using this R316-30 metric ruler that has decimeters!
Thank you, Wescott, for fulfilling my dream of using a decimeter stick.
Certificate of Occupancy
12 Apr 2018 Leave a comment
in 368K, Brooklyn, Useful Information Tags: 1958, certificate of occupancy
From 1958 comes this Certificate of Occupancy statement. Every school had one posted somewhere.
Notice the different quotas for males versus females in shop classes versus in home economics!
It is amazing to think that for 60 years this particular document has not been touched….
Here are close-ups.
Gray vs Grey
13 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in art, district office, Useful Information Tags: featured, Google, gray, grey, image search
As a follow up my Black and White vs White and Black Google image search comparison, I decided to do a “gray vs grey” Google image search comparison. Here are the results:
Gray
Search filters that showed up include:
- silver
- titanium
- pewter
- aesthetic
- charcoal
- metallic;
- dark; and
- transparent.
I spy “Whistler’s Mother.”
Compare this to a search for “grey” (the British spelling of the word):
Search filters that showed up include:
- charcoal
- shades
- solid
- ash
- metallic
- aesthetic
- steel; and
- medium.
I spy a wolf.
Try this comparison yourself, and tell me what filters you found.
Occasional Observations of Traveling Technology Coach 