Self-tutoring about philosophy and media: the tutor mentions posters that remain past their event. Very seldom do I go to posted events. Even so, the posters which advertise them, hung up in corridors or the atria of buildings, sometimes catch …
Self-tutoring about new business terms: the tutor mentions gigafactory. Apparently, gigagfactory is attributed to Elon Musk, who used it to describe the scale of a factory needed to produce batteries for electric cars. (Giga is the metric prefix for billion.) …
Self-tutoring about geography: the tutor mentions a legendary hazard. When I was a kid, quicksand sometimes came up on adventure shows: someone might get stuck in it, or at least have to be careful around it. Quicksand seemed very dangerous. …
Self-tutoring about mammals in Canada: the tutor mentions the striped skunk. The striped skunk lives in most of Canada, although not here on Vancouver Island. It can grow more than 2 feet long and reach over 7 pounds. Skunks eat …
Tutoring English, surprises arrive. The tutor takes another look at diffuse. In my previous post I mention diffuse and a common way it’s used in science. Yet, it has another meaning: diffuse (adj):using many words: opposite of concise. A message …
Self-tutoring about training: the tutor reflects about an activity he’s recently begun. Years ago I kept fit by running, but gave it up around 2015 because I started to feel it in the hips. Yet, recently, I’ve begun a new …
Self-tutoring about English: the tutor reminisces, mentioning the term “minder”. When I was a kid, I used to watch a British TV show called Minder. I’d say it wasn’t a comedy, yet was very funny. It was about a small-time …
Tutoring chemistry, definitions are always of interest. The tutor brings up the term anhydrous anhydrous (adj): containing no water. As I understand, the particles of an anhydrous substance are not associated with water, but likely would be if not for …
Self-tutoring about computer science: the tutor mentions a test he ran tonight with JavaScript. Boolean(‘false’)=true while Boolean(false)=false on the Edge and Firefox JavaScript consoles I tested this evening. Source: Jones, Darren. JavaScript: Novice to Ninja, 2nd ed. Collingwood: SitePoint Pty, …
Self-tutoring about domestic cats: the tutor researches how far cats commonly roam. We have no pets, but other people’s cats visit our yard daily. There is rotation: some are new arrivals, while others have come for years. Some only come …