A Legitimate Use for "Angry Birds!"

Physics 101 Script Complete!

Done! The raw script for Physics 101 is complete as of today-15 months of work! Next up:

1. Turn raw script into a Screenplay
2. Storyboard the Screenplay
3. Make a shooting schedule
4. Film Physics 101 this summer!

Angry Birds

As a rule, I have zero interest in playing video games as they are a huge waste of time and mind. HOWEVER...I have actually found a productive use for a video game in my work. My computers are notorious for locking up while I multitask on them. They routinely and randomly will  decide to freeze while processing something I have requested - especially as I always have many programs open and 15 open tabs in the internet browser is extremely common. wait...wait...wait...wait...wait...wait...

For me this was becoming a significant source of exasperation and frustration. I found myself getting pushed to the edge of my restraint waiting for the computer to decide when it was going to give me back the keyboard. Often I would thrash around the keyboard trying to get control back... lockups and reboots were a daily event.

Enter the Angry Birds game on my phone. Now whenever the computer does it's thing, I immediately pick up the phone and play the game.  It gives me something immediate to focus on other than wait and stew and get frustrated. Every couple of seconds I will glance up at the computer- if it is still processing I return to the game.  As soon as it releases the computer back to me, I resume work. This gives the computer necessary time to process whatever commands I already gave it and it gives me something to do while I wait.  The time flies by and computer reboots have dropped to almost zero. I never would have thought that a video game would help me to be a more patient person and actually assist in getting more work done!

"The secret to patience is finding something to do while you're waiting." -anonymous

Café Gratitude

"Gratitude is not only the greatest 

of virtues, but the Parent of all others."

             -Cicero

Martin Luther said gratitude was "the basic Christian virtue."

Jonathan Edwards said gratitude was one of the signs that your religion was genuine.

God destroyed the Northern kingdom because of their lack of gratitude. (Deuteronomy 28:14)

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, humility...all built on a solid foundation of a thankful heart.

The Test
The opposite of gratitude is complaining, worry, self-pity and taking everything around you for granted.
The Antidote
To help correct this attitude you may have, walk around your house and tell God, out loud, twenty things you are grateful for. Do it.

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the Parent of all others."

Write it down. Print it in a nice font and tape it to the mirror in your bathroom.
And on the mirror in your bedroom where you get dressed.
Write it in your journal.
....write it on the tablet of your heart.

January 2013 update

Easily the most difficult part of producing an educational film is the pre-production phase.  That's where you actually write the script.

I have been nearly 2 months in the electromagnetic segment alone-no writing mind you, only studying what we know and what we don't know!  (We definitely understand the effects of what we call electricity, and we know how to harness and direct some of the power.  But what it fundamentally is, we are clueless.)

TIME FRAME
We are pressing to get Physics 101 out this year - however when the research takes long, it pushes the release date back.

We have written the segments on the introduction, on light, sound and heat and are very excited about what these parts of the script teach!  We really look forward to getting the film into your hands and the hands of your families - thank you for all your encouraging emails and posts!

Peace with Joy,

Wes

The Great Update

Physics 101
We are well on the way through the rough of the script.  Out of eight segments, we have completed three and are now on the fourth-this is good.  We are still looking at a release of next fall 2013...all things being equal. Thank you all for your interest and enthusiasm!

Uh...like we said...

Yes, as we were saying, Physics 101 first and then General Science 101! After much consideration and input, including the two posts at this blog site and emails, we are continuing our course to finish the tri-series of biology, chemistry and physics and will continue the preproduction of Physics 101 with a tentative release date of winter 2013.

Thanks for all of your input!