What is the cheesiest gift someone could possibly give you this year for Christmas? I’ve been reading quite a bit about what people want for Christmas. I’m curious about those gifts you would hate to get but others would think you would like. Guess I’ll start. People surely know I shop on ThinkGeek. They might…
Yes!! Videogames in the Classroom? – Newsweek Education – MSNBC.com: Where parents see hours wasted in front of a screen, these scientists see potential. An FAS study released this week, titled “Harnessing the power of video games for learning,†reports that best-selling games are built in surprisingly pedagogical ways. Players improve at their own pace.…
C’mon mates! Leave the little stingies alone. BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Irwin fans ‘in revenge attacks’: Dead stingrays with their tails cut off have been found in Australia, sparking concern that fans of naturalist Steve Irwin may be avenging his death. Mr Irwin, a TV personality known as the “Crocodile Hunter”, was killed while…
Pirate attacks in Malacca Strait | BBC NEWS: Pirates in the Malacca Strait have attacked two UN-chartered ships and threatened a Japanese cargo carrier, a maritime watchdog has said. Are the UN in league with the Ninjas? I don’t think Disney needs press coverage for the new Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest.
So selling music online does not violate a deal which “forbade Apple [Computer] from distributing music on physical media such as CDs or cassette tapes”. Wow… if only that has been a Supreme Court decision here in the US. That would have made the Napster case much more interesting. Sounds like Apple Corps should have…
Boondocks did an episode on Martin Luther King, Jr. It inspired me to Google MLK. Much of this is a poignant reminder of how far and not far enough the both America and the world have come. We are not living the dream. Yet… I Have A Dream Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln…
“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant “It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.” – Pierre Beaumarchais “First things first, but not necessarily in that order.” – Doctor Who “A witty saying proves nothing.” – Voltaire “Charm is a way of getting the answer…
Technologies are not well thought out. Podcasters host MP3s on a web site. So any time a listener grabs it, they download it from the web site. In the case of someone with a limited bandwidth hosting plan, it is very possible for the bandwidth to be exceeded. Events like a major software provider (iTunes)…
Having the university degree makes me much more marketable as someone who can successfully navigate one of the most difficult beaucracies ever devised and replicated. See more progress on: get a degree