Hi All,
I decided to a blog entry on a whimsical topic today...clouds. I am going to talk all about 'things related to clouds'. Why clouds you ask? Well, now that spring seems to have finally sprung, the dark snow and rain clouds of winter are passing and are now slowly becoming...April rain showers.
Which are much, much better than snow showers. Wouldn't you agree?
I originally thought of this blog entry by thinking about the different shapes of clouds. You might remember when you were a child and you looked at clouds and came up with different descriptions of various shapes of clouds, right? Click here for a link where you can express your creativity and look at clouds and their shapes...cool stuff.
Click on this link to ScienceRay and you'll find 10 Amazing Cloud Shapes.
Okay, also click on this link from Flickr that has some impressive photos of clouds. Of course the title of the page is 'Shapes in the Clouds'. The pictures are darn pretty in their own right!
Now...the real reason why I generated this blog entry was to talk about the different types of clouds - like cumulus, cumulonimbus, cumulus humilis, stratocumulus and more...
Click here for a great - and interesting (really!) discussion of the different types of clouds from Wikipedia. Click on this link from the NOAA regarding cloud classification and characteristics. You will definitely like the graphics on this page that's for sure! And the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is very, very educational and very authoritative!!
This would make for a great school assignment website...or a place where a student can go to get information to help write a paper on clouds or the atmosphere...
Finally, to end this whimsical blog entry, here is a link to a very popular term lately: cloud computing. Click here to find a brief discussion about just exactly what cloud computing is. Link is from About.com so it is not super complicated. However, it is pretty darn interesting if you like technology, computer and the internet.
Okay, okay, you talked me into it: here is another link - this time from Wikipedia - discussing what cloud computing is...
Enjoy!
Stu
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Monday, April 4, 2011
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Rainy Days - What To Do?
Hi All,
I've skimmed over the last few weeks worth of blog posts and a somewhat regular theme seems to have emerged - perhaps I did it unconsciously, or not. I'm really not sure, but I do seem to post a lot about the weather. As soon as I realized this, I thought of yet another weather-related post.
Lots of Farmingdale residents have children...and the weather (here it is again!) isn't so splendid in the Fall. As a matter of fact, it can be downright nasty what with all the rain, wind, clouds and stuff during this time of year. Now, add to this fact that folks might have children - and they probably aren't playing outside during this type of nasty, cold, rainy weather.
So...what to do with children during the inclement weather? Indeed, we'll come to your rescue and find something to at least keep the little ones a bit amused during this time of year!
Click here to find some rainy day activities for your 6-10 year old. This site has divided up the games into memory games, word games, science games and card games (go figure) and guessing games and more...cute and easy to navigate website.
Click here for a site called 'Kids Can Have Fun During Rainy Days - which is more of a summary of what you can do with your kids during this weather.
Brought to you live, from Helium.com is the next entry: Indoor Rainy-Day Activities For Children. I need to explain a bit about this site. The above link is really a link to a list of pages that discuss what to do with children during the bad weather.
Clicking on an individual link will get you to the actual article itself. In other words, there is a built in extra layer that users - this means you - have to click through to actually get to the material you are interested in. Makes sense? I hope so.
So...for example, I clicked on the first entry by Trudy Brown. Note that you have to click on the title of the article that you are interested in once you get to this page. Click here to follow the link from Helium.com
Finally, click here for a site from AmazingMoms.com and an article called BoredomBusters. Notice that at the end of this article they have more games for children to play during the foul weather.
Okay...here is another site that is very, very helpful. It is called Babycenter.com and I typed in a search in the box at the top right side of the webpage. I used the phrase 'rainy day activities' and the results can be seen by clicking on this link. I suspect that you will now have lots of things to do with your children when inclement weather prevents them from playing outside.
I hope these sites are entertaining and keep your children busy during the nasty weather.
Stu
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I've skimmed over the last few weeks worth of blog posts and a somewhat regular theme seems to have emerged - perhaps I did it unconsciously, or not. I'm really not sure, but I do seem to post a lot about the weather. As soon as I realized this, I thought of yet another weather-related post.
Lots of Farmingdale residents have children...and the weather (here it is again!) isn't so splendid in the Fall. As a matter of fact, it can be downright nasty what with all the rain, wind, clouds and stuff during this time of year. Now, add to this fact that folks might have children - and they probably aren't playing outside during this type of nasty, cold, rainy weather.
So...what to do with children during the inclement weather? Indeed, we'll come to your rescue and find something to at least keep the little ones a bit amused during this time of year!
Click here to find some rainy day activities for your 6-10 year old. This site has divided up the games into memory games, word games, science games and card games (go figure) and guessing games and more...cute and easy to navigate website.
Click here for a site called 'Kids Can Have Fun During Rainy Days - which is more of a summary of what you can do with your kids during this weather.
Brought to you live, from Helium.com is the next entry: Indoor Rainy-Day Activities For Children. I need to explain a bit about this site. The above link is really a link to a list of pages that discuss what to do with children during the bad weather.
Clicking on an individual link will get you to the actual article itself. In other words, there is a built in extra layer that users - this means you - have to click through to actually get to the material you are interested in. Makes sense? I hope so.
So...for example, I clicked on the first entry by Trudy Brown. Note that you have to click on the title of the article that you are interested in once you get to this page. Click here to follow the link from Helium.com
Finally, click here for a site from AmazingMoms.com and an article called BoredomBusters. Notice that at the end of this article they have more games for children to play during the foul weather.
Okay...here is another site that is very, very helpful. It is called Babycenter.com and I typed in a search in the box at the top right side of the webpage. I used the phrase 'rainy day activities' and the results can be seen by clicking on this link. I suspect that you will now have lots of things to do with your children when inclement weather prevents them from playing outside.
I hope these sites are entertaining and keep your children busy during the nasty weather.
Stu
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