1. How fun (or not) this exercise was.
The Friday 8/12/11 "Google a Day" question:
In 1260, the Barons of Acre let the Mamluks pass through their territory, which allowed the Mamluks to achieve a decisive victory against the Mongols in Galilee. What key new weapon was used in this battle?
For this extra credit Webolution exercise I found the answer (hand cannons) easily by typing in "Barons of Acre vs Mamluks in 1260" into the "Google a Day" search engine. I found this exercise a test of obscure trivial pursuit type material fun, but unlikely I'd do this "Google a Day" often. Since I found the first answer so quickly, I went back to try mu luck on the question for Thursday 8/11/11. I entered " Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania" into the "Google a day" search engine which brought me to Dr Jane Goodalls chimpanzee research, but I didn't find the familiar "arrival call" as easily in the article, so I finally gave up after a few attempts and hit the "hint" and "submit" buttons to come up with the answer. This was helpful since I think I could learn more about my search techniques by my failures than from my successes. Ahh...What a great way to learn to refine my searchs.
2. Which drawing do you want your extra entry to go toward--the Sony Reader or the $100 downtown gift card? Please enter me in the $100 downtown gift card drawing for this exercise!
Thanks,
Terri A
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