Don't Back Down

Posted by Chad Everett on August 5, 2004

Firefox Update »

More than one site has mentioned a new point release (0.9.3) for Firefox. While this is apparently the case, the download link on the front page does not point to the setup for 0.9.3 - it points to 0.9.2. Using a little creativity, you can munge the URL for downloading 0.9.2 into one that you can use to download 0.9.3.

Update: Here's the link that I used to download 0.9.3. The Firefox web site still has a link to 0.9.2 on their main product page. Thus far, I've had good luck with 0.9.3. Your mileage may vary. Please use caution.

Posted by Chad Everett on August 5, 2004

Elementary Math »

We're trying to get geared up for school, and working on some math around the house, so we needed to find some practice math. I found a couple of sites that are coming in pretty useful.

The first, the Kid's Page, offers a whole bunch of pre-made worksheets. Generally speaking, the level required for some of them are middle elementary and up. Our soon-to-be-first-grader can't handle more than a few of them, while our soon-to-be-fourth-grader can handle most, but a couple are a little out of his reach. There are also a bunch of other worksheets available on other subjects, but I haven't checked those out yet.

The second site comes from the Discovery School, where they offer a handful of worksheet generators. They even include some pre-generated worksheets that are ready-to-go. The addition and subtraction worksheet generators, specifically, have worked out really well for us, as we can do small-number math for our younger son and larger numbers for our older. There also are some additional teaching tools, including a lesson planner, a puzzle maker, and a quiz center. I haven't tried them, but they look pretty impressive.