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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.
May
12
1.5.2 🌞 Sunday Links ...Animal Friends, Solar Storms 1859, Detergent Pods, Free Artworks

1.5.2 🌞 Sunday Links ...Animal Friends, Solar Storms 1859, Detergent Pods, Free Artworks

This Sunday our links explore how friendships between animals has evolved, detergent pods and microplastic pollution, speeding up computers, stargazing
1 min read
May
08
1.5.1 🧊 CodeGuppy Tutorial, Making Ice in the Desert, Biomimicry, Frank Mann. Plus Hippos.

1.5.1 🧊 CodeGuppy Tutorial, Making Ice in the Desert, Biomimicry, Frank Mann. Plus Hippos.

A fun little CodeGuppy coding tutorial, an ancient ice making machine, designing objects inspired by nature, why the sky is blue, and mechanical genius Frank Mann. Plus hippos trying to figure out what hippocampus means.
3 min read
May
05
1.4.2 👔 Sunday Links...People Wearing Clothes, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Frozen Earth

1.4.2 👔 Sunday Links...People Wearing Clothes, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Frozen Earth

This Sunday our links ask the age-old questions little kids ask as they refuse to get dressed: so, when did humans start wearing clothes? NASA also has ideas about plants that can help filter air in a room. Plus the leaning tower of Pisa, a frozen earth 700 million years ago, and more.
1 min read
May
01
1.4.1 🐶🐄 Searching Online, Egyptian (and Mayan) Math, Colliding Galaxies, Clarus the DogCow

1.4.1 🐶🐄 Searching Online, Egyptian (and Mayan) Math, Colliding Galaxies, Clarus the DogCow

This issue has links about searching online, Egyptian and Mayan math, colliding galaxies, Clarus the DogCow, astronomy apps, and 3D Modelling software. Plus baby Yoda doing push ups.
5 min read
Apr
28
1.3.2 Sunday Links...Restaurant Menus, Kids and Failure, Teens and Smartphones, Bird Watching with Dinosaurs

1.3.2 Sunday Links...Restaurant Menus, Kids and Failure, Teens and Smartphones, Bird Watching with Dinosaurs

This Sunday links are for how restaurant menus work, the value of kids study their failures, heart regeneration, teens feeling happy when they put down smartphones (who knew?), and a brief guide to bird watching in the dinosaur age.
1 min read
Apr
24
1.3.1 An 1800s Mystery, Tidal Kites, 7 Bridges Puzzle, What Animals See, Chemistry 4 Kids

1.3.1 An 1800s Mystery, Tidal Kites, 7 Bridges Puzzle, What Animals See, Chemistry 4 Kids

🤔Why don’t scientists trust atoms? (answer below) # An 1800s Dress with Secret Messages "Sometimes a dress is just
4 min read
Apr
21
1.2.2 Sunday Links...Great Wall of China, Finger Tip Power, Shades of Blue

1.2.2 Sunday Links...Great Wall of China, Finger Tip Power, Shades of Blue

This weekend's links are about what's alive on the Great Wall of China, a plastic eating boat, powering devices with finger tips, and an ancient saddle. Plus a book about shades of blue that Charles Darwin liked.
1 min read
Apr
17
1.2.1 Bakuro puzzles, Lazy Kids + AI, Bridges, Cat TV, Block Coding Languages

1.2.1 Bakuro puzzles, Lazy Kids + AI, Bridges, Cat TV, Block Coding Languages

This issue has detailed links about creating and solving Bakuro puzzles, types of bridges, building a TV for your cat, and block coding languages Hopscotch and Roblox.
5 min read
Apr
14
1.1.2 Sunday Links...Babies teach AI, Peanut batteries, Plagues, and more...

1.1.2 Sunday Links...Babies teach AI, Peanut batteries, Plagues, and more...

Links for quiet reading on a Sunday: babies teaching AIs (brilliant idea), batteries made with peanut shells, plagues altering Earth's atmosphere. Plus two great articles, one about social media tech and the other about the impact of Silicon Valley.
1 min read
Apr
10
1.1.1 Mars Eclipse, Minecraft Seeds, Emoticons, Coding Tools, Trafficking Sand

1.1.1 Mars Eclipse, Minecraft Seeds, Emoticons, Coding Tools, Trafficking Sand

Our first open email newsletter! Links to solar eclipses on Mars, Minecraft seeds, the history of emoticons, and two great coding tools, Mini Micro and CodeGuppy.
5 min read