Make a Coloring Page

How to make a coloring page (if you want an example of the finished product, see here): Open up a computer program like Illustrator or CorelDraw or Illustrator or whatnot on your computer (use Spotlight or Quicksilver). Open a photo that you took, or something of the like (apple open maybe). Create a new layer (click new layer). Lock the original layer (click in the empty box next to the layers, the box that might […] Read more »

Pi: 3.141592653589 and on to infinity

Hello, Readers!  This is my second appearance on this blog, so I will remind you of my name.  It is not Arabian11, RiddleGiver, or Min Sullivan, or even Minny.  I am not the mad scientist who thinks he has to be angry to be a mad scientist, nor am I his partner (I will not mention her name, but her name is spelled out in the periodic table; look at the chemical symbols for the […] Read more »

The Difference (a peek at 6th grade math)

Dedication: For my friend.   I (Mathematicus, a.k.a. Mathematikos) love angle bisectors (and line bisectors), which I learned about in 6th grade.  I also love fractions.  I love especially changing a decimal into a fraction or percent, or vice versa. But this blog post is not about anything but fractions.  I like multiplying fractions, and dividing them especially.  😀  This is about subtracting fractions, though. The subtraction of fractions (you’ll be learning that in 6th […] Read more »

Photoshop911, Course Intro

Welcome to Photoshop911 (Adobe Photoshop)!  Welcome!  Did I just say that twice? If you need simple Photoshop help, here is the place to get it! In this free online course you will be learning — well, I’ll get to that later.  Let me first tell you my teaching method.  My teaching method is to explain in words and by screen captures – step-by-step – what to do, how to do it, and what it does. […] Read more »

Photoshop911, Part One

Welcome to Photoshop911 (Adobe Photoshop)!  Welcome!  Did I just say that twice? If you need simple Photoshop help, here is the place to get it! What are quick keys, you ask?  Quick keys, found in all or almost all the programs out there that I know of, are a combination of keys held down and pressed at the same time (or, in some programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator, one key).  When you go to […] Read more »

Prepositions, Four Boys and a Box

There were four boys that I once knew: In, Over, Under and Through. In went in the box. Over went over the box. Under went under the box. Through went through the box, Ending up beside the box, Startling In who jumped up Making Over fall off. In came back down with a thump, Knocked Under out from beneath the box, And they all ended up in a heap, one on top of the other; […] Read more »

Words, a Random Thought

My favorite three words are: Why Beyond Defenestrate I like these words because… Why is a good, annoying, nosy question Beyond is talking about the future, the unknown Defenestrate means to literally “toss out the window”.  I would not like to be defenestrated, but it’s a great word. What are your favorite three words, and why? Read more »