Knowledge Handler
Information Sources & Information Sifting Techniques
About Me
- Name: David Dial
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
I am a retired librarian, most recently serving at Indiana Wesleyan University's Cleveland Education Center.
Monday, June 30, 2025
Friday, June 27, 2025
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Dostoyevsky
Maria Popova shares Dostoyevsky's musings on what it means to be human . For example, "To love someone means to see them as God intended them."
-DDLabels: Dostoyevsky, Humanities
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Washing Machine Uses
Hallie Levine offers a list of unusual things one can wash in a washing machine .
-DDLabels: Cleaning, Washing machines
Monday, June 23, 2025
Hurricane Preparedness for Travelers
Ann Abel suggests how tourists can prepare for hurricanes . Hurricane season in the southern United States began May 1st, and continues to November 30.
-DDLabels: Hurricanes
Friday, June 20, 2025
Group Dynamics
Priya Parker writes about hosting uplifting gatherings and developing apt questions to spark insightful conversations.
-DDLabels: Conversation skills, Gatherings, questions
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Summer Solstice
Anelisa Nokoyo provides an overview of the science and celebration of June 20th's summer solstice .
-DDLabels: Solstice
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Earthworms Invading North America
Rob Jordan writes about the earthworm invasion which began in the late 1800's.
-DDLabels: Earthworms
Monday, June 16, 2025
Friday, June 13, 2025
Carrington Events
Sean Mawbry reviews the 1859 Carrington Event , and estimates that such solar electrical disruptions strike the earth every few centuries. He also cites literature documenting even stronger solar events which are deduced to have occurred thousands of years ago.
-DDLabels: Carrington Event, Solar storms
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Safe Retirement Destinations
International Living lists its ten safest countries for retirement , from Portugal to Bali.
-DDLabels: international travel, retirement
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Microplastics and the Brain
Korin Miller warns that middle-aged human brains may have absorbed enough microplastic to cause functional problems. Diets with highly processed foods, such as chicken nuggets and hot dogs, are thought to transfer the most microplastic to individuals.
-DDLabels: brain, Microplastics
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Family Meals
Dawn Teh comments on the social values and barriers to nightly family meals with the entire household present. She notes that the reported frequency of families dining together has been declining for decades due to family members having busier schedules. Teh cites a systematic review of the scholarly literature by Middleton et al. (2020) which did not establish a "causal relationship between family meals and health and wellbeing outcomes."
-DDLabels: Family meals, Parenting
Monday, June 09, 2025
Saturday, June 07, 2025
Drone Warfare
Mia Jankowicz discusses how drones will change military tactics in the future.
-DDLabels: Aerial drone warfare
Friday, June 06, 2025
Software Used for Decades
Thomas Germain tells of employees still using ancient Microsoft Windows software .
-DDLabels: Microsoft Windows, Software
Thursday, June 05, 2025
Convert Two Twin Beds to One Short King Sized Bed
Wednesday, June 04, 2025
Roanoke, The Lost Colony
Michael Natale recounts a possible solution to the mysterious disappearance of the colonists at Roanoke, North Carolina .
-DDLabels: Roanoke
Tuesday, June 03, 2025
Monday, June 02, 2025
Diet and Weight Gain
Ruth Alexander discusses the link between diet and weight gain , with the microbiome being the likely link factor.
-DDLabels: Diet, Weight loss