Well today didn’t go as planned. I was finally able to head out on my daily bike ride at about 4pm. I was hoping for ma nice 17 mile ride like I do on Sundays. Everything was going well, there wasn’t much traffic on the road (the Superbowl was going to start shortly afterall), and…
Course Development Day (on top of the regular stuff)
It has been a long while since I have had to really think about the development of a course. It is hard. I am glad I have help. I work on my classes all the time in little ways, but I am working to design and build a fully on your own time online physics…
Family to the Rescue
Tuesday afternoon I had an incident at home and my family came to my rescue. We get jars of honey delivered to our house every month. I was opening our latest arrival and as I was getting the glass jar out from its very taped up bubble wrap I felt an incredibly sharp pain in…
What Order to Teach Mechanics In
So, what is the best order of topics to teach a physics 1 class (mechanics) in? If you look in most books out there there is a clear order that almost all of them go in, and have gone in forever. That order is: Motion/Kinematics, Forces, Energy, Momentum, and Rotational Dynamics. There is nothing wrong…
Weekend of getting stuff done, seeing old friends, and being sick
I got another cold. I think I have been sick more in the last 2 months than not. I am sick of being stuffed up. Anyways life still has to go on. This weekend I got to see an old friend and get some stuff done around the house. The first is my VW. I…
Just a quick good day recap
Today was a good day. I drove my VW to school today to get some miles on it. It ran great. It sounded great. And the radio/amp setup was rocking! I got a lot done at work today. At least it felt that way. My co-worker and I are designing an online course to start…
The VW Lives Again
As I mentioned recently my VW engine had a major issue. You can read about it here. So after buying parts at Doug’s Bugs and Bunnies in Mesa. I was able to get it all back together without too much trouble. Ok, doing pushrod tubes was a pain to get them extended out so they…
Large Format Photography – My Setup
I felt it was time for another writing about my use of large format cameras. I realized it had been a while since my last writing on it. Last time was about why I enjoy shooting with a large format camera, and today I am going to talk about the equipment I use when I…
My Girls Got Baptized Today
I was going to post today about my car, but I didn’t have enough oil to fill it up, and something more important happened today anyways. My girls got baptized at church this morning. For those of you that don’t know that means they made a public confession of THEIR faith (not their parent’s faith)…
Recent Motorcycle Stuff
In today’s what has been going on post I decided to talk about a positive (that started with a negative) about motorcycle work. About a week and a half ago my wife came in from the garage and told me my motorcycle had a puddle of oil under it. I thought, WHAT? So, out I…