Category Archives: Blog

Number sense flash cards

For teachers (or parents… or students) I made these last year as an attempt to help my students improve their number sense.

Showing YouTube clips in class and creating PDFs

I am now a teacher, so naturally my posts will be more teaching-oriented. However, I have not detached myself from my computer side (I actually teach two periods of a computer class)… thus, I give you… stuff that’s relevant to teaching and computers. Yesss! Keep in mind I’m in LAUSD, so my posts may be [...]

Are You Developing Yourself? Or Your Paper Self?

Why go to school? Most would agree it’s to prepare ourselves for our futures. However, it seems most of those peoples’ approach is to prepare themselves… on paper. Examples: In high school/college, why get good grades, high test scores, join clubs and do community service? Because it looks good on your college/grad/med school application/resume.

Jobhunting? How To Go All Out.

I’m a big fan of IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com, so I have to mention the site at least once. :oP :o) There’s a post with some great advice on applying to a job you’re really interested in. The site’s focus is finance for young graduates, but really touches on the many aspects that make achieving your goals possible, [...]

Introducing (kinda) e-frank.com

A couple months ago I decided to consolidate all my comics and blogging into one site, instead of three to five separate mini sites that rarely get updated. Yay, since now I have one site that’s still rarely updated. This “new” site will pretty much be my old “Quarter-Life Comics” site, with the addition of [...]

It’s Not Easy Being Green

Being “green” (environmentally) is complicated. I used to think it was simple, probably like many other people think. Just look for an “organic” label, right? Recycle = good, right? It’s easy to do these things and feel good about ourselves, thinking we’re saving the world.