If you’re a teacher, happy World
Teachers' Day! Whether you’re a teacher or not, you might take a moment today to
think of your favorite teacher, that one who made a big difference to your education and
general life outlook. We support education in a bunch of
ways, such as YouTube
Edu, App
Engine Education Awards, and Google Apps for
Education. And recently we’ve been observing World Teachers' Day by recognizing a
few amazing teachers on our +Google in Education
page. Here on Fridaygram, we try to honor our teachers by using good spelling and
grammar.
Savvy history and science teachers might have told their students that yesterday was the 55th
anniversary of the Sputnik launch. Sputnik was the first human-made object to reach
space. Sputnik looked like a basketball with antennas stuck to its side, and the little (585
mm diameter) spacecraft beeped its way around
the world. Sputnik only lasted about 3 months in orbit, but it was a huge milestone.
Sputnik
(replica)
Finally, here’s something that might prove educational: it's a
video that shows how to flip food
in a pan just like a pro. Spoiler alert: you’re supposed to move the pan back and
forth, rather than actually trying to flip the food into the air. This will give you something
to practice over the weekend.
All week long we post about important developer topics. Once a week, on Friday, we
do a Fridaygram
just for stuff that’s fun and interesting, but not necessarily developer-related. Special
thanks this week to Boing
Boing for showing off the food-flipping video.
By Scott
Knaster, Google Developers
Blog Editor