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This is kind of fun: the history of Crayola Crayon colors as a colorful bar chart.

Well, some of them are. Some people I voted for won, some lost. We’ll be back at this again in November.

Someday I’m going to set up a company that will be staffed entirely by 12 year olds. Our one service will be to evaluate brand names.

I’m sure I’ve got some good links hanging around someplace, but until I can dig them out, have some puppies.

These questions are harder than they look:

• A tree seed starts very small, but where does all of the stuff that makes wood for chairs and tables come from?
• Can you make a bulb light with just a battery and a single wire?
• Why is it hotter in summer?
• Draw a picture of the solar system. What shape are the planets’ orbits?

Answers in Jonathan Drori’s TED video (though some would debate even his answers – science is fun).

And a link since no one believes me when I tell them the answer to the 4th question.

Endgadget has compiled a nice list of the Ten gadgets that defined the decade (yes, I know the decade actually ends at the end of this year, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping anyone). It was kind of fun to find that I had at least some version of almost every item on it. I guess I know my gadgets.

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I wrote this essay as a way of not completing another, more pressing task.

Am I being productive by reading this essay on Productivity and Procrastination, or am I putting off other tasks (going to bed, figuring out holiday gifts, dishes, clean up, petting cats, laundry, etc.)?