December 2008
11 posts
The Number Devil
A review, by Anthony Albright.
The Number Devil, by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, is a somewhat interesting book, in which a math-hating boy named Robert Greco dreams of a “devil” that teaches him math. This book attempts to make math something interesting and fun, in part by giving boring math terms interesting names, and “personifying” the numbers. The numbers are thought of as rabbits, runners in...
WatchWhat to do in an earthquake… Actors include the sixth graders and it was edited by me (Anthony).
WatchIraqi Journalist Throws Shoes at Bush - Reports indicate that the journalist was the sole attacker. (I hope you get the sole joke…)
Search the architecture websites
I have created a gadget to do a search of the websites Robert told us to look at for architecture information on buildings, Archinect, Metropolis Magazine, Great Buildings, Worldchanging, and Treehugger. This search will search only those websites, and all of them at once, so it should save some time from going to each one and searching. Just click here to go to the search page!