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The Aspirational Bookcase

Published on June 4, 2024June 3, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Good intentions

It can take time to get around to things.

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Long reads

Published on May 28, 2024May 27, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

An unfair advantage

How many people read a thousand-page book?

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Notice to Mariners

Published on May 21, 2024May 20, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Software updates

A system of correction and new information long predates digital computers.

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Misnaming things

Published on May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The astronomer’s dictionary

Misleading terms make learning Astronomy harder.

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Teaching to the test (II)

Published on May 7, 2024May 6, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Good questions?

The hardest part of teaching may be finding good questions to ask.

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Burnout

Published on April 30, 2024April 29, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Long-serving workers

How long is too long to do a single task?

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Distant Shakespeare

Published on April 23, 2024April 21, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Experiencing language change

We know it happens, but didn’t think it we’d see it in action.

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The answers

Published on April 2, 2024March 31, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

and explanations

We present the answers to last week’s conundrums.

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April fool?

Published on March 26, 2024March 26, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Camouflaged truth

It’s not always easy to sort out fact from falsehood.

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time and tide

Published on March 19, 2024March 17, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Teaching complexity

Almost every subject is complicated if you go deeply enough into it.  Where do you stop teaching?

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