Author Archives: Granger Meador

About Granger Meador

I am retired from employment and enjoy reading, technology, day hikes, art museums, and photography. My wife Wendy works in the Bartlesville Public Schools in northeast Oklahoma, but this blog is outside the scope of any employment.

Bible Belt

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Granger Meador

We Oklahomans often say we live in the Bible Belt, and this map proves the point. We are at one end of the belt, if you define it as states where more than half of the population identifies as an … Continue reading →

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I’ll have what he’s having…

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Granger Meador

I may not be feeling so well today, but the Easybeats are having a good time! According to allmusic this was an Australian band in the 1960s, although lead singer Stevie Wright originally came from England and bassist Dick Diamonde … Continue reading →

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Crayon Physics

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Granger Meador

Crayon physics is a toy version of the sort of Interactive Physics simulator I use in my classes. It is a tablet version of what I posted over a year ago.

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Gravitas

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Granger Meador

Gravitas: Portraits of a Universe is astrophysicist John Dubinski’s self-published DVD containing his stunning supercomputer simulations of galactic evolution set to music. Dubinski has now made the DVD disk image available free via BitTorrent for personal and educational use. You … Continue reading →

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Indiana

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Granger Meador

INDIANA Preview/Buy MP3 at Amazon I’m glad I never lived next to the water, so I could never get used to the beach. And I’m glad I never grew up on a mountain, to figure out how high the world … Continue reading →

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