Paul Jacobson

Category: Education

  • Electronics kits are making a big comeback

    Electronics kits are making a big comeback

    Electronics kits seem to be popular again and that is terrific news. Our son is excited about electronics and there is so much he can do these days.

  • Pushing my linguistic envelope

    I’m nearing the end of my ulpan classes and my teacher is pushing my linguistic envelope a little. He sent me a relatively advanced text about my city, Modi’in, and suggested I present to my class about it tonight.

  • When not knowing more Hebrew than your kids do can hurt them

    When not knowing more Hebrew than your kids do can hurt them

    Knowing more Hebrew is as much about helping your kids progress as it is about being able to order your morning coffee.

  • Watch a Killer Whale hunt and kill a Great White Shark

    Watch a Killer Whale hunt and kill a Great White Shark

    I stumbled across this video, “Great White shark Vs Killer Whale”, on the National Geographic Wild channel on YouTube and it is just incredible.

  • The history of Humanity’s #JourneyToMars

    The history of Humanity’s #JourneyToMars

    I’m really looking forward to the movie, “The Martian“. The latest trailer looks awesome: As cool as the movie looks, the real-life #JourneyToMars is even more spectacular. NASA JPL released a retrospective video titled “50 Years of Mars Exploration” showcasing highlights from Humanity’s 50 year history exploring Mars. 50 years! NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labs has…

  • A great guide to GPL for WordPress developers

    A great guide to GPL for WordPress developers

    Richard Best has a terrific guide to GPL for WordPress developers along the lines of the famously simple “human readable” Creative Commons license explanations on his site, WP and Legal Stuff, in his post titled “A human readable summary of the GPL“. He actually has two versions, both of which are worth taking a look…

  • Always be in beta

    I just noticed this IBM SmarterWorkforce tweet and love it: https://twitter.com/IBMSmtWorkforce/status/481071128040206338 If you are wondering about the woman in the photo, she is the inspirational Max Kaizen who I always think about when the topic of continuous improvement comes up.

  • Pygmy hippo up close and personal

    I took our kids to the Johannesburg Zoo this morning for a little outing and we were treated to a relatively rare and close encounter with the pygmy hippos in their enclosure. We usually don’t see much of them when we visit the zoo. I also got a number of photos of one of them…