Playing Games

So, here's a little game one of my friends sent me this week. The physics is pretty accurate; so much so that I'm planning to have my students play it in class later this week. Check out the video here; if you like the game, you can download a simplified version here. (You don't need a Tablet PC to play, either.)

Thanksgiving

Since I've been teaching over here, I have kind of a thanksgiving tradition just before break: I have my students fill up the marker board with as many things as they can think of that they're thankful for. Usually it's pretty interesting to see what they write...

Give Up Your Seat

In Vienna, like most cities, the public transportation has a few seats reserved for pregnant and nursing mothers, the blind, and the elderly--with a 4-circled sticker indicating which ones. However, some clever soul printed out and slapped on a 5th circle--you can see them every once in a while on the trams. Look closely...