Return of Design – Web Color Schemes – Take color scheme inspiration from other designers and websites. Also includes variations based on color principles. I like all the bright saturated colors used, checking the websites that inspired the color schemes shows that many of these are used in moderation and balance against the lighter colors and the standard white background.

Whats new? Not much yet…

Upgraded software to stem the tide of comment spam. Working on a new design for the site. Expect Breakage in the short term. More newness in the future.

Dan and Emily got married today, a great big congratulations to the both of them!

This one is for Bess: Too much homework can be counterproductive.

Their findings indicated a frequent lack of positive correlation between the average amount of homework assigned in a nation and corresponding level of academic achievement. For example, many countries with the highest scoring students, such as Japan, the Czech Republic and Denmark, have teachers who give little homework. “At the other end of the spectrum, countries with very low average scores — Thailand, Greece, Iran — have teachers who assign a great deal of homework,” Baker noted.

The perception that rote memorization is useful and that quantity equals quality still exists at many levels. While certain things do need to be memorized, it shouldn’t be at the expense of teaching students how to learn on their own.

The Cothrun family assembled in Lamoille Canyon in the Ruby Mountains near Elko, NV for a small family reunion a couple of weeks ago. I’ve finally got uploaded my pics for everyone. Of interest are the giant mushroom, the brothers, the cousins, the group photo and of course I had to stitch some pictures together to get a panorama.