I haven’t blogged about this yet but I was cleaning the house today and had to break out the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to get some crayon off of one of Tyler’s chairs where he colors. Barbara, you were right they are great at taking crayon off of the plastic chairs.  Any way, I took the chair into the kitchen and saw the kitchen sink which has always been a little on the brown side even though it is supposed to be white.  I did a few quick wipes and instantly the water around it turned brown.  I scrubbed with it some more and the more I scrubbed the more white the sink got.  My old house had tile floors in the main entry way and all of the way back to the kitchen.  The magic erasers are great at cleaning the grout between the tile.  I’ve also used the erasers on the shower floor and they work wonders there as well.  So hopefully you don’t just take my word for it, go out and pick some up today!  After all they don’t call him Mr. Clean for nothing!

Kevin Rose released this picture the other night of an old sketchbook he “dugg out” (haha couldn’t help myself) of some initial Digg designs and ideas.  Where do you keep your ideas?

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/sat-scores-and-family-income-2009-10

I don’t know what correlation you want to draw from this but I found the above chart interesting.  Although there appears to be some obvious correlations. the higher income due to higher SAT scores could be for numerous reasons other than “I scored better on the SAT so I I got a better job and make more”.  One correlation is they are measuring family income and I would imagine people who scored higher on their SATs met other people who scored higher on their SATs in college and social gatherings.  I’m also not sure the SAT is a good measurement for what makes a person successful in the world but maybe it is?  Then again maybe I’m just jealous of all those smart rich folk!  I’m still waiting for the money vs. perceived happiness chart to come out.

If black boxes are virtually indestructible and what we always want to recover from a plane crash, why don’t we make our jets entirely from them? 

“Driving faster than 60 miles per hour starts to drastically reduce your fuel economy. In fact, according to the EPA, for every 5 miles per hour you drive over 60 mph, you are paying an extra $.24 a gallon for your gas.”  Source: http://www.good.is/post/staturday-drive-slower/

An SQL query goes into a bar, walks up to two tables and asks, Can I join you?  Haha yeah I know…

My son Tyler has started hitting and I think there are different ways to address the problem which is why I am writing this blog post.  Some say spank, some say to tell him no, some may hit back and some say to give him a hug.  My way of addressing it is to not react to it and then if the behavior continues to address it by stating “no hitting please, use your words” (God bless Nanny 911).  My concern is if you constantly react to him hitting he will learn hitting gets your attention which is negative reinforcement.  He is hitting because something isn’t going his way, he can’t express how he feels so he gets frustrated and hits, or he isn’t getting the attention he wants.

When people say “don’t hit daddy, hug daddy” that doesn’t accomplish much in my opinion because he didn’t want to hug in the first place, he wanted something else.  By saying no hitting every time he hits, I would be negatively reinforcing the action which doesn’t help him address what he wanted in the first place.  My method is to acknowledge the fact that he is frustrated, acknowledge I want to help, and finally tell him his reaction wasn’t appropriate but I still love him (which is where the hug could come in).  I don’t believe in spanking so don’t even recommend that.  What do you think is the best way to handle hitting?