Tutoring English, words can surprise. The tutor mentions the verb moot. moot (verb): to propose for discussion, or to actively discuss from different points of view. Source: Mish, Frederick C. (editor). The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004. Gilmour, Lorna (editor). …
Tutoring English, you occasionally see words from older times. The tutor mentions forsooth. forsooth (adv): truly. Source: Mish, Frederick C. (editor). The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004. Gilmour, Lorna (editor). Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary and Thesaurus. Glasgow: HarperCollins, 2006.
Self-tutoring about reptiles: the tutor looks into the relationship between the American alligator and crocodile. Only one habitat in the world is shared, naturally, by both alligators and crocodiles: the everglades of south Florida. The American alligator, and the American …
Self-tutoring about cooking: the tutor shares a recipe he found for a celebrated breakfast. Today, for my kids and their friends, is a day off from school. Therefore, last night, they each had a friend sleep over. My tutoring business …
Self-tutoring about scripting: the tutor mentions a way to insert the ASCII bell. The bell character is ASCII 7; its symbol is BEL. Notepad++ allows BEL to be inserted in a text file: from the Edit menu, click Character Panel. …
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Self-tutoring about weight loss: the tutor shares a great find about milk chocolate. I mention glycemic index (GI) in my posts here and here. It measures the rise in blood sugar a certain food may cause, relative to glucose (for …
Self-tutoring about Windows: the tutor mentions ways to run a batch file. In yesterday’s post I mention writing a batch script. Today, I mention three ways to run one: From the command prompt By double-clicking the batch file in its …
Self-tutoring about Windows: the tutor mentions a batch script to copy a directory. The batch script I wrote (using Notepad): @echo off robocopy c:\this_dir k:\that_dir /e pause I saved that file as the_backup.bat: batch files need be named with bat …
Self-tutoring about dawn redwoods: the tutor shares some ideas about identifying them. In my past two posts,
Self-tutoring about botany: the tutor shares an exciting find from the field. In yesterday’s post I mention a long connection I have with dawn redwoods, despite only recently becoming acquainted. The dawn redwoods themselves have a story. Scientists discovered dawn …