scott’s thoughts

Back in the 1960s, designers of the lunar lander were having terrible trouble getting the thing to pencil out within the constraints they had. The astronauts needed a clear field of view, but a sitting astronaut requires a large swath of glass in order to gain peripheral vision.

So they took out the seats. Not only did that solve the sight problem, it also solved the weight problem and the problem of mobility within the lander.

The latest from The Macalope.

I've enjoyed watching the skirmish over the iPad among the edu-techno-rati over the last week and it seems that we love to choose up sides and have these absolute arguments over whether the iPad (or Twitter, or whatever...) are Good or Bad.

It's Good because it does X. It's bad because it doesn't do Y. I submit that it is not the panacea. If an iPad fits into your work or personal life, great! Get one! If not, don't. But don't persist that it's categorically Good or Bad when what you really mean is that it's Good or Bad for you.