Indie+Relief : All Revenue Will Go to Haiti on Jan 20.
In response to the earthquakes in Haiti, Second Gear Software and Garrett Murray have teamed up to create Indie+Relief – a group of iPhone and Mac developers giving to Haiti.
I was a bit late to the game, so I’m not officially listed, but will be participating. All revenue (minus Apple’s cut) from Humidor and MyGarden for January 20th will be given to Yéle Haiti, an organization created by musician Wyclef Jean to help Haiti’s children.
Over 130 other developers are participating. If you need some software, go buy it now!
Finally Found the Error I’ve Been Looking for (or “OSX Error Code Lookup Tool”)
In a recent project, I kept receiving a -10000 error in the console when running my app. Quite frustrating to say the least since the error description was useless, and Google wasn’t any help at all either.
So I was completely thrilled to come across the OSX Error Code Lookup Tool. Download, compile, and plug in your error code — it’ll give you something good back!
Cheater, Cheater Pumpkin Eater (or “Cheaters Never Win”)
… at least I hope they don’t.
Seriously people, why are you paying for reviews?
Need a Programmer
If anyone is looking for an exceptional .NET programmer, let me know. A good friend of mine needs a job.
Thank you, and good night.
An discussion I was a part of asked why homeschooling isn’t 6 hours per day and is more frequently just a couple, and how that can be effective as compared to public schooling.
The math is very simple:
Public school: average of 180 school days. 30 students per class 6 classes per day 45 minutes per class
Total time the teacher can spend with each student per day: 1.5 minutes. A total of 4.5 hours per year.
Homeschool: Younger grades: 2 hours of school per day. 1 teacher 1 student
Total time per student per day: 2 hours per day.
Total time per student per year: 360 Hours.
The argument typically then turns to “but the parent isn’t always as educated as a public school teacher.”
Even so, I have to believe that the child getting 80 TIMES the amount of time with the teacher would outweigh (in most cases) the parent’s educational deficit. And the homeschool parents I know are active in learning what is needed anyway (I understand that is anecdotal evidence).
In fact, based on Wikipedia, 8.8% of Homeschool mothers (mothers are typically the parent that teaches) have a masters degrees, compared to 4.5% nationally. The same holds true for associates and bachelors degrees — homeschool moms more frequently have a degree. The separation is even greater for homeschool fathers, where 19.8% have a Masters compared to 5.4% nationally.
In short, homeschooled children on average get much more time spent with them per child, and the parents have higher education compared to the rest of the nation.
For those parents that can do it, and live in a deficient school system, homeschool is a good option.