Mary Nix on June 13th, 2009

Spellquizzer is software created by Dan Hite. He offers a free trial download so I tested it out. I thought the “quiz me on the list” was the most fun. The gentleman reads a sentence and then asks you to spell a word within the sentence.
Here is a quick shot of what [...]

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Mary Nix on June 1st, 2009

The Rock Paper Scissors Society has their own website. In case you’ve wondered just how the game is played, visit them here to read the rules.

PlayAdvanced RPS
FAQs
Photo Gallery
Think Three
Blog
Video
Links
Trading Cards
RPS Player Profiler
Online Trainer
RPS Strategy Guide
World Championships

Rock-Paper-Scissors

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Mary Nix on May 22nd, 2009

WWII: An American Scrapbook shares stories about WWII. Do you have a story or know someone that does? Then visit and share your story as well.
WWII: An American Scrapbook

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Mary Nix on May 16th, 2009

The website states that there are thousands of archived events which happened to or affected the indigenous peoples of North America. For example, it states that on today’s date he reports that the following occured:
1677: Mugg, an Arosaguntacook Indian Chief, dies in Black Point, Maine. At the outset of King Philip’s war, Mugg [...]

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Mary Nix on May 13th, 2009

I love this game.  You can start out with a rectangle, triangle or hexagon.

Tessellate
–Mary Nix

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Mary Nix on May 11th, 2009

At the visible human site you can explore:

Cross-sectional Anatomy: Using 2D images to visualize 3D structures.

Planes of Section, with animations: An introduction to the three planes of section.

Transverse | Coronal | Sagittal | Organs labeled in the sagittal plane

Interactive Annotations: A clickable interface for learning about anatomical features.

Includes search engine to locate structures [...]

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