Archives for February 2012

Smartphone User Falls On Live TV, Doesn’t Get Back Up! [Video]

February 29, 2012
by Eric Dye

Watch, as this woman is sucked into her smartphone!

Leap Year Science [Video]

February 29, 2012
by Eric Dye

So why did we have an extra day this year?

Who decides this and what’s the formula?

Watch and learn!

The Complete Guide to the WordPress Settings API

February 29, 2012
by Eric Dye

8BIT‘s Master ~~Yoda~~ ~~Coda~~ Coder Tom McFarlin has dropped a second post over at wptuts+ in a series of posts focusing on the WordPress Settings API.

If you’ve ever wanted to dig into the WordPress Settings API, this is the place to start.

When you first start looking at Tom’s tutorial, it’s a tad overwhelming. When you spend most of your time tinkering with themes and functions, it’s like looking at something completely different.

Don’t worry. This is still considered “beginner level,” so get your elbows dirty!

Here’s what you’ll be covering:

Genealogy Family Bible Project

February 29, 2012
by Danielle

Many families maintain a tradition of handing down a family Bible through the generations and mine is no different. Although the Bible is still with my mom, I look forward to receiving the treasured book one day and getting to add yet another generation of names, dates and history to the genealogy at the back. I especially anticipate passing the Bible along to my own kids when the time comes and giving them a piece of history they can pass on to future generations.

One of the most interesting projects a family Bible can help with is researching your family’s genealogy. Although many family Bibles only have names, you can do research with just those. Any accompanying information, such as locations of residence, employers, and dates of birth, marriage or death only help you find additional details more quickly.

The Hidden Danger of Using Technology

February 29, 2012
by Phil Schneider

I’m both a pastor and a public school teacher, and while prayer is definitely needed in both occupations, there isn’t a lot of cross over in what I do from one position to the other. However, occasionally, I’ll pick up a little tiny piece of wisdom in one field that just might help me in the other.

Last week, while teaching my largest, most difficult class, I realized that part of their problem in learning the material was my fault.

What had I done?

I had used PowerPoint.

PowerPoint, Microsoft’s presentation juggernaut, allows me to put my students’ lesson on a smart board so that they can copy it down without me having to write, erase, and rewrite the notes each hour. This is very helpful. However, the problem crops up when it comes to demonstrations of the lesson.

Here’s what happens: