Tower of Hanoi

Some time ago I had seen a kid play with stacked cups and I pointed out to the parents that the base of the cups had animals on it. only recently did I learn of the advantages of a stacking cups both as a play and educational toy.
These stacking cups are colourful, made from recycled milk jugs.
Not only do the cups have numbers on them based on their sizes but also add up in volume. Fun and math can go hand in hand when the kid can learn 1+2, 1+3, 1+4, 1+5, 2+3, 2+4 filling water or sand and emptying into bigger cups.

Manual needs a rewrite

I started assembling it thinking it would be intuitive. I followed the instructions. But there was no spray. I did see some dust collect on the walls of the collection tank. It does do something in the way of cleaning. I consulted the manual and there it was spray trigger on the top. Thats the only mention of it in a picture naming the parts of the machine. Wish it was included in the instruction that the spraying needs a manual input. And then just when I was about to give up, HTBK's comment about pulling the handle all the way up for the spray action to happen, it worked like a beauty. Its fun to watch the collection tank pull up the water and it seemed like a flood in then and made me wonder where is the water source.
Coming to the actual job. The stain is turmeric stain from the curry. So a great challenge considering that its mixed with oil. After repeated spray and power, the stain has definitely reduced. The convenience of it is once you press down on the power lever, you dont have to be on it.
Once over the hump of getting it to work, Bissell ReadyClean is easy to work with for stains lighter than curry stains.

3.5/5

Products

Today I came across two products.
Newton Fig thins that tasted great but were very expensive with almost a buck a piece.
Picture hanging strips that are great for light items but dont work well on heavy items without reinforcement with extra product.
What is the measure of the success of a product?

law

Supreme court
cases
analysis
commerce clause
rule of reason
Due process
Class-action suit
Deposition
links

Stability ball exercises

Sometimes morning exercises bring out the goofiest moments. The fit who do work out everyday make it seem like a breeze. There was one in which I had to lift the ball with my feet and lay it down, before I could return it to the ground, plonk! it fell on me.(In hind sight I should have just taken the ball and done the other exercise of the control alternating between hands and feet) All the others which require being on the ball and doing less intense push ups, I cant be still without my hand on the ground to stake it. Not even if i spread myself like an eagle.

Background

When we read something like the summaries of thrillers, like a village maintaining its population, is it possible that later when we come across that, we think we heard of it from someone we know. In the process, if we also alter the perception of the likely person?

Pen Swivelers

When I sit on a chair, I am trying not to fold my legs, but I keep gravitating towards it. If I touch the bottom hold with my toes, I make the arch rest on it. But is that the right position? Have our practices from ancestors been from what is the best position? If that is so, should we not pick the same way eliminating the ones that dont work good?
Just like the debate of the human origin, does culture and its propogation to the new generation face the same question of set ways vs evolving?

The title refers to some students who swivel their pens while working on a problem.