Christopher Dannug: child, husband, father, teacher, photographer and general geek. This site tumbles together things that I read, stumble upon, and otherwise serendipitously find. You’ll find links to good stuff, interesting reads, and inspiring images (with an occasional photograph I have made). Other places you can find me: Twitter.com/dannug my Physics site my photoblog site Flickr.com Tumblr (3.0; @dannug)http://www.dannug.com/<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz39wa9uaq1qzey1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>If you’re not careful…</b></p>http://www.dannug.com/post/439826761http://www.dannug.com/post/439826761Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:14:15 -0500<a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/o1kEOY4UasA/top-10-tips-and-tools-for-commuters">Top 10 Tips and Tools for Commuters [Lifehacker Top 10]</a>: <p><img src="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2010/03/500x_commuting.jpg" width="500" title="Top 10 Tips and Tools for Commuters"/>U.S. commuters spend an average of <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/01/11/suicide_sex_and_suvs_99842.html">50 minutes in their car each day</a>, and that leaves a lot of room for improvement. Make the most of your commute with these 10 tips.</p> <p><em>Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mplemmon/2744596887/">mattlemmon</a>.</em></p> <h3 style="font-size:120%;margin-top:20px">10. Adjust Your Mirrors for Better Vision</h3>http://www.dannug.com/post/430812592http://www.dannug.com/post/430812592Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:30:17 -0500<a href="https://sites.google.com/a/dannug.com/physics/2009-2010/class-news/3510quizrescheduled">3.5.10 QUIZ RESCHEDULED</a>: <p>Students, please note that the momentum quiz scheduled for Monday, March 8 has been moved.Check the school Calendar on our class website for exact dates (alternate calendar link).With more time to…</p>http://www.dannug.com/post/429066773http://www.dannug.com/post/429066773Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:42:32 -0500<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news187009433.html">Teaching self-control skills to children reduces classroom problems</a>: <p>Children taught skills to monitor and control their anger and other emotions improved their classroom behavior and had significantly fewer school disciplinary referrals and suspensions, according to…</p>http://www.dannug.com/post/428604506http://www.dannug.com/post/428604506Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:06:53 -0500<a href="http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/apple/~3/oGLJy4CrP4o/public-radio-remakes-itself-by-entering-the-iphone-age.ars">Public radio remakes itself by entering the iPhone age</a>: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/public-radio-remakes-itself-by-entering-the-iphone-age.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss"> <img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://static.arstechnica.com/assets/2009/07/iphone_radio_ars-thumb-230x130-7129-f.png"/></a> <p>When <a href="http://www.prx.org/">Public Radio Exchange</a> (PRX) developed the free <a href="http://www.publicradioplayer.org/">Public Radio Player</a> for the iPhone, the nonprofit hoped for 500,000 downloads. It now has 2.5 million. “I’m very happy with that…</p>http://www.dannug.com/post/428604525http://www.dannug.com/post/428604525Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:06:53 -0500“Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Zig Ziglar<br/>(1926-); motivational author, speaker</p> <p>(from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.values.com/">values.com </a>daily quotes)</p></em>http://www.dannug.com/post/428265569http://www.dannug.com/post/428265569Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:37:14 -0500<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news186931549.html">Study shows link between vitamin D, skin cancer</a>: <p>A Henry Ford Hospital study has shown a link between Vitamin D levels and basal cell carcinoma, a finding that could lead researchers to better understand the development of the most common form of…</p>http://www.dannug.com/post/426814410http://www.dannug.com/post/426814410Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:18:22 -0500<a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/03/ok-go-rube-goldberg/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">How OK Go’s Amazing Rube Goldberg Machine Was Built | Gadget Lab | Wired.com</a>: <p><blockquote>Shared by Dannug <br/> OMG. What precise work had to go into this!</blockquote> In music, timing is everything. When you’re dancing with an enormous machine, it’s even more important to get the timing correct, down…</p>http://www.dannug.com/post/426814404http://www.dannug.com/post/426814404Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:18:22 -0500<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news186905294.html">Bacterial balance that keeps us healthy</a>: <p>The thousands of bacteria, fungi and other microbes that live in our gut are essential contributors to our good health. They break down toxins, manufacture some vitamins and essential amino acids,…</p>http://www.dannug.com/post/426814418http://www.dannug.com/post/426814418Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:18:22 -0500<a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/04/dear-john-makinson-and-penguin-please-dont-reinvent-books/">Dear John Makinson and Penguin, please don't "reinvent" books</a>: <p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.tuaw.com/category/ipad/" rel="tag">iPad</a></p> <img vspace="8" hspace="8" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tuaw.com/media/2010/03/tolstoy.jpg" alt=""/>“Reading literature makes you a more well-rounded individual.” That’s what an author told me once. Notice he didn’t say “watching literature.”<br/><br/><a href="http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-first-look-how-penguin-will-reinvent-books-with-ipad/">paidContent:UK</a> has an…http://www.dannug.com/post/426814429http://www.dannug.com/post/426814429Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:18:22 -0500<a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/gJlsvVVJkd0/when-if-ever-is-it-okay-to-emailsms-at-dinner">When (If Ever) Is It Okay to Email/SMS at Dinner? [Ask The Readers]</a>: <p> The Times’ tech writer Nick Bilton sat down with ABC anchor Diane Sawyer to discuss the dos and don’ts of digital etiquette, spending the majority of their time talking about the etiquette of using…</p>http://www.dannug.com/post/426814434http://www.dannug.com/post/426814434Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:18:22 -0500<a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/s6Pra1pL0tE/">Popular Science Puts Entire Scanned Archive Online, Free</a>: <p>Gadget nerds: Prepare to lose the rest of your day to awesomeness. PopSci, the web-wing of Popular Science magazine, has scanned its entire 137-year archive and put it online for you to read,…</p>http://www.dannug.com/post/426814444http://www.dannug.com/post/426814444Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:18:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyrmm4m2L61qzey1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>Happy colors:</b> <p>A little sun caught by a beach ball.</p>http://www.dannug.com/post/426420408http://www.dannug.com/post/426420408Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:17:52 -0500<a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20100303/NEWS06/100303025/1202/RSS">Senate OKs $9.5M for Pure Michigan campaign</a>: <p><img src="http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Avis=C4&Dato=20100303&Kategori=NEWS06&Lopenr=100303025&Ref=AR&MaxW=120&MaxH=80" border="0" hspace="1" vspace="1" alt="" align="left"/>LANSING — The state Senate today approved $9.5 million to continue the Pure Michigan television ad campaign, amid pleas from the tourism industry to spend much more.</p>http://www.dannug.com/post/424728552http://www.dannug.com/post/424728552Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:09:09 -0500<a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20100303/BLOG36/100303010/1202/rss">BROWSER: Must watch: OK Go serves up another incredible viral video</a>: <p><img src="http://cmsimg.freep.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Avis=C4&Dato=20100303&Kategori=BLOG36&Lopenr=100303010&Ref=AR&MaxW=120&MaxH=80" border="0" hspace="1" vspace="1" alt="" align="left"/>Rock band OK Go has done it again, creating an incredible viral Web video for their latest single “This Too Shall Pass.” The video features an incredibly intricate Rube Goldberg machine — a…</p>http://www.dannug.com/post/424728558http://www.dannug.com/post/424728558Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:09:09 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyq3q3igto1qzey1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Diagonals</b></p>http://www.dannug.com/post/424672001http://www.dannug.com/post/424672001Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:32:25 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyq3pzQOsr1qzey1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b></b></p>http://www.dannug.com/post/424671897http://www.dannug.com/post/424671897Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:32:25 -0500““What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.””<br/><br/> - <em><p>Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.<br/> (1922-2007); Writer</p> <p>from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.values.com/">Values.com </a>Quote of the Day</p></em>http://www.dannug.com/post/424384775http://www.dannug.com/post/424384775Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:50:00 -0500<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news185715229.html">Research: Facebook fan pages are effective marketing tool</a>: <p>Companies that use the popular social-media site Facebook and its fan page module to market themselves to customers can increase sales, word-of-mouth marketing and customer loyalty significantly…</p>http://www.dannug.com/post/396857979http://www.dannug.com/post/396857979Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:28:27 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxw5ec4oUR1qzey1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>On a roll</b></p>http://www.dannug.com/post/390961282http://www.dannug.com/post/390961282Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:20:17 -0500