Monthly Archives: October 2006

Welcome cat lovers…

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Brian

…and everyone else coming to my site because they are learning about kittens.

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Parade of Lost Souls

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Brian

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Fire I, originally uploaded by sharply_done. Last Saturday my family took part in the Public Dreams … Continue reading →

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Make as big a mess of my Second Life — and a new virtual campus for my province

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Brian

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Second Real, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. “Education is learning what you didn’t even know.” — Daniel … Continue reading →

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GUSSE: Social software powers sustainable thinking

Posted on October 25, 2006 by Brian

One of the best things about working at a big university is the abundance of cool stuff happening across campus, though it’s always a challenge to keep up with it all.  I’ve been meaning to throw up a blog post … Continue reading →

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Ho hum…

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Brian

…just another day in the onward march toward technotopia. “There is a new gold rush and it’s for the set of basic ideas underlying the software we all use and depend upon. ” — Al Essa “If you’re interested in … Continue reading →

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Up in the sky! It’s a book! It’s a wiki!

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Brian

Allow me to add my own shout-out for the eminent wikiologist Stewart Mader today, as it marks the publication of his book/wiki hybrid Using Wiki in Education, a welcome contribution to the canon. What’s most notable about the book is … Continue reading →

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Give the drummer some

Posted on October 24, 2006 by Brian

A quick follow-up to yesterday’s post. I linked to Robert Wyatt’s Wikipedia entry, which contains this fascinating tidbit on the events subsequent to the 1974 accident that left him paralysed, ending his drumming career but not his musical one: Later … Continue reading →

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Cover and simmer, hit and run…

Posted on October 23, 2006 by Brian

Time is short, and the mindqueue of unposted blog entries continues to mount. On the weekend, my music and martini guru Bill played me a lot of great stuff through his audiophile hi-fi that makes me drool every time I’m … Continue reading →

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Make way for da Moose!

Posted on October 19, 2006 by Brian

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Forest Sciences Centre, originally uploaded by Cyprien. Some things are so good you just gotta do … Continue reading →

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