Tim Slavin

Tim Slavin

I've been a tech writer for Reuters, MongoDB, Amelia, and other companies. Also a website producer. I enjoy teaching tech to non-techie people, kids included. Online since the Well and Usenet.
Aug
07
1.18.1 🪗 Learn Music Online, Real Python, Round Bubbles, Kids and Geology

1.18.1 🪗 Learn Music Online, Real Python, Round Bubbles, Kids and Geology

Happy Wednesday afternoon. This week I had a lot of fun following up on a topic that has interested me
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Aug
04
1.17.2 🦬 Sunday Links... AI Prompt Engineering, Lunar Standstill, White Baby Bison

1.17.2 🦬 Sunday Links... AI Prompt Engineering, Lunar Standstill, White Baby Bison

Welcome. Here's seven new STEM/STEAM links to offbeat stories that might interest you. There's an
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Jul
31
1.17.1 ⛵️ Making Oat Milk, Intro to Coding, Sailing Physics, RP FLIP

1.17.1 ⛵️ Making Oat Milk, Intro to Coding, Sailing Physics, RP FLIP

Hello and welcome to a new Wednesday email with more newsy STEM/STEAM articles that might interest you. I had
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Jul
28
1.16.2 👶 Sunday Links... Teaching Math and Science, Screen Time, Gamer Mindfulness, Amazon Drones, Zero-Carbon Cement

1.16.2 👶 Sunday Links... Teaching Math and Science, Screen Time, Gamer Mindfulness, Amazon Drones, Zero-Carbon Cement

Happy Sunday morning, here in New York at least. This Sunday I have found links about the challenges teaching math
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Jul
24
1.16.1 🐝 Olympic Tech, AI Olympic Announcer, Math + Swimming, What Bees Eat, 3D Printing Resources

1.16.1 🐝 Olympic Tech, AI Olympic Announcer, Math + Swimming, What Bees Eat, 3D Printing Resources

Welcome to another Wednesday email with links to STEM and STEAM stories. This week is special because the Olympics begin
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Jul
21
1.15.2 🐮 Sunday Links... Sleeping Teens, Moon Clocks, Bird Flu Vaccines, Dandelion Rubber, Heliophysics

1.15.2 🐮 Sunday Links... Sleeping Teens, Moon Clocks, Bird Flu Vaccines, Dandelion Rubber, Heliophysics

Welcome to these 7 links on a Sunday morning. This week, I have links to stories about how sleep and
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Jul
17
1.15.1 ⏳ Science Subscription Kits, Geology Apps, Setting Tech Boundaries

1.15.1 ⏳ Science Subscription Kits, Geology Apps, Setting Tech Boundaries

Happy Wednesday afternoon, here in NY at least. :-) This email includes probably my final summer project: science subscription kits.
4 min read
Jul
14
1.14.2 👽 Sunday Links... Finding Aliens, New Ways to Count, AI Writing Tools, Listening in on Whales

1.14.2 👽 Sunday Links... Finding Aliens, New Ways to Count, AI Writing Tools, Listening in on Whales

My favorite theory about the lack of aliens is called the Dark Forest. In a dangerous unknown universe there'
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Jul
13
Shrinking surgical robots for space - Engineering.com

Shrinking surgical robots for space - Engineering.com

"Virtual Incision relied on fast prototyping to create spaceMIRA, an FDA-approved robot that could herald a new era in
Jul
10
1.14.1 🎤 Star Wars Sounds, Electronic Kits, Minecraft Aether, Mosquito Bites

1.14.1 🎤 Star Wars Sounds, Electronic Kits, Minecraft Aether, Mosquito Bites

Hello! This week I cover a few summery topics. That includes mosquitos, an interesting science experiment from Zambia that discovered
6 min read