True Love

This is a fun display of love for your craft:

Another Way to Grow Vegetation on a Wall

After learning about the ability to “paint” grass (or clover or ivy) on a wall, comes this:

(HT: John Chase)

Not Sure Why You Would Want to …

But apparently, you can now plant seeds on a vertical wall by basically “painting” them on. This is oddly intriguing.

HT: John Chase via Google+

TED Talk Tuesday

After a little bit of a lull due to Spring Break here at Messiah College and the ton of backed up grading, I thought I’d return today with a trio of TED Talks that I’ve found interesting. To begin, here is a talk about why you will fail to have a great career. Don’t worry, the humor softens the soul-crushing possibility of this talk, and there is an “unless …”

How Well Do You Know the NCAA Teams?

Where is that team from?

Take this fun quiz on ESPN’s website to find out how well, and quickly, you can locate all 68 teams! Good luck. I got 62,457 on my first try with no extra prep. There were a couple where I was way off. I won’t tell you which ones, so you can have the fun of watching where the green pin drops.

Perspective on Daylight Savings

Thanks to Rob Martin for this perspective on Daylight Savings time (at least the Spring version).

A TED Presentation Gone Haywire?

Or and intentional “stunt”? You be the judge.

(My money is on intentional.) For another fun take on presentations see my post about the “typical” presentation.

Now that Leap Day Is Over …

What are your plans for the leap second coming later this year? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out this video:

(HT: Rob Martin)

Pretty Sure I’ve Heard This Presentation

(HT: Jason Molesky)

How to Bomb the AP Stats Test

To those of us who grade AP Stats, this is hilarious. If you are not one of those, you might learn something about how not to do statistics.