Drivers License Adventure and The Story of My Birth

"I thought you said vision test. Let me take it again." Today I had an epic adventure trying to get my Minnesota drivers license finally – a building source of stress over the last 6 months. The Wisconsin ID I had since 2001, was set to expire on my birthday next week. Granted, I have known about this for years, but I only started looking into it a month ago – at which point...

Interesting Bit of the Day : Leaf Power

Credit: http://www.flickr.com/people/hinkelstone/ Today’s Interesting Bit of the Day is about tech mimicking nature, a twist on “art” mimicking “life”. Leaves, yes *those* leaves, come in all shapes and size and perform many tasks. Some leaves are fuzzy to collect water droplets. Some leaves store toxins to keep predators away. Others form a funnel or bowl shape to...

Happy 3rd Birthday Lunadog!!

She goes by many names – Luna, Lunapup, Snootyboobs, Toots, Dogger McGee, Dogfaced killa, Lunar, DogXor, and others. But, today she is “birthday” girl. Arika’s lovely little Weinheimer “Luna” turns 3 today. To celebrate, she is taking the day off from work, which means she will be doing more laying in front of the fan and being cute. Happy birthday...

Interesting Bit of the Day : Resonant Frequencies – Tesla, Art Rock, and Sonic Screams

Slinky - Photo Credit woodleywonderworks via Flickr Today’s interesting bit of the day is about resonant frequencies. In layman terms, something’s resonant frequency is the point at which, when you “vibrate” it, will “shake” more than at other points. These “shakes” can be caused by wind, sound, earthquakes, or people dancing to House of...

Interesting Bit of the Day: Animal Problem Solvers

Photo Credit - belgianchocolate Humans have grown used to a sense of exclusivity. Many of use believe we are the only intelligent life in the Universe. Most of us think we are at least the only intelligent life on Earth. However, intelligence comes in many forms and perhaps our own inability to see it is in fact a sign of our lack of intelligence. At most we might give a pass to Great Apes. They...