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Again, I wish I knew a bit more about coding than I actually do. Jason brought home a math brain teaser the other day that he and his grandmother got stumped on:
Arrange the numbers from 1 to 16 in a four by four square so that each row and each column and the two [...]

Today has been Christmas day. Rather, Christmas lights day. I spent the afternoon outside untangling strands of lights, hanging strands, rehanging (%$#^ plug end goes on the OTHER side of the yard…) the strands, re-rehanging the strands (whadya mean I hung them too low?), and searching for the burnt out bulbs among far [...]

Lazyweb, I’d like to know what dry erase markers are used in NBC’s hit drama “NUMB3RS”. Despite my best TiVo-rewind efforts, I can’t make out the brand and type of markers used. Most often they are a bright yellow ink that shows up very clearly on clear glass as opposed to traditional white [...]