http://www.melwade.com Exploring the world around us... Fri, 29 May 2009 13:55:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to cooperation of Richard Winn, we have started a project to create a PDF archive of the early Weimar Bulletins.  Posted below is the first one. Weimar Bulletin - Vol 1, No 1 http://www.melwade.com/archives/306 [caption id="attachment_285" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Tickets"][/caption] While an 8th Grader at John Nevins Andrews Elementary School in Takoma Park, Maryland our class performed a play called Dear Tish which chronicled letters home from a Civil War soldier.  Our Social Studies Teacher, Lydia Chiomente, put a lot of work into this play and ... http://www.melwade.com/archives/278 Namu is a small island on the Namu atoll in the Marshall Islands. The Marshall Islands are located just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. Need While the per capita GDP for the Marshall Islands is only $2300/year it is mostly made up from ... http://www.melwade.com/archives/268 You can fix anything with duct tape and a little ingenuity... And a little philosophy... http://www.melwade.com/archives/261 We'll it's that time of year again.  Children around the world will be waiting up late listening for the sound of hooves on the rooftop and a jolly, "Ho! Ho! Ho!" resounding down the chimney.  With the advent of technology you can now save your child some stress come Christmas ... http://www.melwade.com/archives/192 Have you ever thought of cycling and being both the cameraman and the subject at the same time? OK, probably not! Even still you may enjoy this video! How to make a cycling expedition film if you are both the cameraman and the presenter from Rob Lilwall on Vimeo. http://www.melwade.com/archives/180 We've started the process of building a Teardrop camping trailer.  A friend of ours is building one and we really liked the idea.  A full manufactured camping trailer is out of the question for us financially, but a teardrop that we build ourselves is quite afordable!  You can follow the ... http://www.melwade.com/archives/158 About a month ago I started a project... replacing the engine in my 1990 Jeep Cherokee.  It had an oil leak from blowby that caused puddling under the jeep every time I park, not to mention coating the inside of the engine compartment with grime.  I've now got the new ... http://www.melwade.com/archives/133 Here are newsletters from Weimar Academy October 2008 http://www.melwade.com/archives/126 These are pretty good and show the charm of President Reagan. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN3z3eSVG7A] http://www.melwade.com/archives/123