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Toolmonger: "The Eyeballing Game should come with a warning — it’s that addictive. The idea here is to see how close you can come to making the mark without measuring, just by gauging distance and angle with the Mark I eyeball."
Eyeballing distances is a very useful skill, so I'm glad this is around to help practice. There's lots of dumb, simple games on the Internet, but this one is actually pretty practical.
I did not do well in class when we were tested on our eyeballing skills and I have obviously not improved since. I am currently working on learning sizes of some standard objects so that I can use them as quick references to compare things to, and hopefully come closer to the correct measurement.
I agree with everyone else this is such a useful tool. I got pretty close when we practiced this method in class. I am happy that there is such a practical tool to close the distance between being a little off in my estimates and being exact.
I love doing these kinds of games. i find that the more you are around a material that you know the lengths of and the more you guess at what they are, the better you get. after a summer of working construction, i find that i am easily able to guestimate the lengths and heights of objects.
That was kind of hard, but very interesting. I need to work on my eyeballing skills. Sometimes I was very close to accurate other times I was way off.
ReplyDeleteEyeballing distances is a very useful skill, so I'm glad this is around to help practice. There's lots of dumb, simple games on the Internet, but this one is actually pretty practical.
ReplyDeleteI did not do well in class when we were tested on our eyeballing skills and I have obviously not improved since. I am currently working on learning sizes of some standard objects so that I can use them as quick references to compare things to, and hopefully come closer to the correct measurement.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone else this is such a useful tool. I got pretty close when we practiced this method in class. I am happy that there is such a practical tool to close the distance between being a little off in my estimates and being exact.
ReplyDeleteI love doing these kinds of games. i find that the more you are around a material that you know the lengths of and the more you guess at what they are, the better you get. after a summer of working construction, i find that i am easily able to guestimate the lengths and heights of objects.
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