Tag: school
Bad News Beepers
Considering the reputation that pagers and beepers had as a tool for drug trafficking, especially in schools. Did it smother a legitimately useful technology?
The Day I ”Hacked” My School’s Library Computers
I haven't written a single article this month. However, I've thought about doing so quite a few times. Despite that, none of the articles I have in my drafts section felt exciting enough to complete. But today I was talking to a friend and I remembered this story I've told a few friends of mine. It's the story of the time I "hacked" my school's library computers. Hacked... with quotes.
Yikes! You Call That a Pencil?
How a pencil made out of compressed particle boards became a schoolyard fad—and what that pencil line has to do with olestra.
Recently in March '21
March has been an extremely busy month for me where a lot happened and, at the same time, nothing happened. I can't even believe that April is just starting!
Learning At 300 Baud
The story of the world’s first Electronic University, which came to life a lot earlier than you might expect given that moniker. Modems were involved.
Trapper Keeper Contraband
The Trapper Keeper is a beacon of nostalgia, but generic branding and school rules have pushed it off to the side. Good luck finding a new one.
Mystery Meat
A North Carolina school district invented a new sandwich in an attempt to convince kids that it wasn’t serving them meatloaf. It didn’t really work out.
a lowercase controversy
how Quinnipiac university, a school known for its polling, got embroiled in a debate over a single letter’s case.