Archive for November, 2008

Climate Change and Global Warming

Thursday, November 20th, 2008


It seems there is a flurry of news about Climate Change — the 2008 topic for the FLL Competition. Here are the headlines I found:

  • Indonesia to plant 100 million trees this year
  • Cellphone industry eyes charger power savings — maybe a few BILLION phones DO add up to a lot of power.
  • Macedonians plant six million trees in single day — if the Macedonians can do 6 million, the USA should be able to plant 600 million
  • Sea surges could uproot millions in Nigeria megacity — Lagos would NOT be where I want to live it this happened
  • Canada wants North America cap-and-trade system — at once they just wanted to reduce intensity of emissions, now they’re willing to curb
  • Automakers detail electric car plans at L.A. show

3 Sams and a Jeffrey

Monday, November 17th, 2008


The Jr FLL team is ready! They know climate, what affects it, and what to do to improve the conditions that affect it.

Here’s the 2008 team

3 Sams and a Jeffrey Jr FLL

3 Sams and a Jeffrey Jr FLL

Timer / Stopwatch for the Blackberry

Monday, November 10th, 2008


Chronograph is a useful application. I use it to time the blinds during Texas Hold’em tournaments.