Flada Faves Volume 1

September 16th, 2007 by Edmund Snyder · 4 Comments

I am going to start a new feature where I write about some of my favorite sites that I have found during the week. These may not necessarily be new posts or pages, but they are new to me. This is volume one.

There have been ongoing discussions on my blog notes about several of my posts regarding home schooling. One reason I listed is regarding textbooks and the inaccuracies. The Textbook League has a great page including text from a letter written by noted physicist Richard Feynman. Dr. Feynman’s findings about the selection process of school textbooks parallels a lot of the problems I have found in textbooks. For those not familiar with Richard Feynman, he assisted in the development of the atomic bomb and was a member of the panel that investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. In addition to his work in theoretical physics, Feynman has been credited with pioneering the field of quantum computing, and introducing the concept of nanotechnology (creation of devices at the molecular scale).

Read more about Richard Feyman at Wikipedia.

Yesterday, I Stumbled Upon this link about making some really basic Indian cheese at home. The cheese is called paneer. I haven’t tried it yet, but I was very impressed with the last thing I made that I found on fxcuisine.com, 300 minute eggs. I made devilled eggs from the 300 minute eggs and they were very good and a bit unique with a light smoky flavor. I’ll be making the cheese soon.

I would be remiss if I didn’t note my sister’s new blog. She has been a valuable noter here at the Flada Blog with great insight about public schools.

Finally, for this week, I point you to a great .pdf called Why Johnny and Janey Can’t Read by Mark Federman who is the Chief Strategist of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto.

If Flada Faves turns out to have value to my readers, I intend to make it a regular feature at the Flada Blog. Let me know what you think in the notes.

Tags: Ed's Articles · Miscellaneous

4 responses so far ↓

1 Fawn // Sep 16, 2007 at 8:43 pm

I’m gonna have to try that cheese! Just as soon as I make the ice cream I intend to make 1st! I buy tons of milk but with 3 kids it goes quick.

Mr. Feynman on textbooks! How true about how people just rate something without bothering.

Thanks
for adding that I have a blog

Plus, I intend to add links (or faves) as you say to my blog. I come across things and I just have to share at times.

Too many people I meet are just too darn complacent. No care about tomorrow.

But, Not your blog and I love the faves.
2 Edmund Snyder // Sep 16, 2007 at 9:28 pm

Fawn,

I used the word faves for the alliteration. Other people use other names, like Steve Olson’s Best of the Internet, for example.
3 Ute // Sep 17, 2007 at 11:00 am

Ed, I like that you share these links. It’s always interesting to see what others enjoy. I’ve been thinking about doing that myself. Just can’t get myself to actually really do it.
4 Serena // Sep 18, 2007 at 6:03 pm

I definitely want to try that egg recipe. I think I will wait until winter when it won’t be so bad running the oven.

I look forward to future entries of this type.