Science and Technology
Archive for October, 2007
How to write a term paper
Oct 28th
1. Sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a well lighted place with plenty of freshly sharpened pencils.
2. Read over the assignment carefully, to make certain you understand it.
3. Walk down to the vending machines and buy some coffee to help you concentrate.
4. Stop off at another floor on the way back and visit with your friend from class. If your friend hasn’t started the paper yet either, you can both walk to McDonald’s and buy a hamburger to help you concentrate. If your friend shows you his paper, typed, double-spaced, and bound in one of those irritating see-thru plastic folders, drop him.
5. When you get back to your room, sit in a straight, comfortable chair in a clean, well lighted place with plenty of freshly sharpened pencils.
6. Read over the assignment again to make absolutely certain you understand it.
7. Check your e-mail; reply to everyone who sent you letters.
8. You know, you haven’t written to that kid you met at camp since fourth grade… You’d better write that letter now and get it out of the way so you can concentrate.
Motorcycle jacket with airbags
Oct 18th
Having been in the unpleasant position of getting hit by a car while riding a bicycle, I can appreciate the existence of what seems a rather crazy product: a jacket with build in airbags! Impact Jackets manufactures these for motorcycle and horse back riders; I wish they had a light version for cyclists, at least for the winter because who wears anything more than a t-shirt during the summer? The jackets are a bit expensive at $500 but compared to preventing you from shuttering your bones and even saving your life, it is a small price to pay. Some guy in Baltimore already owns his life to one of these jackets.
