Category Archives: technology

BCcampus OER site – Free Learning at EdTechPost

Posted on 2008-12-03 by alan

Scott Leslie writes about the BCcampus Open Educational Resources site with some new ideas for using social networking sites like del.icio.us

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Canadians Need Net-Neutrality

Posted on 2008-11-11 by alan

Take Action: Say NO to Corporate Control Open Letter to CRTC Chair Konrad von Finckenstein: Dear Sir, Canadians rely on the CRTC, as the federal communications regulator, to act in the public interest, which in this case means ensuring we … Continue reading →

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Goodbye College Diplomas ?

Posted on 2008-10-27 by alan

Stephen Downes links to Tom Haskins saying Goodbye College Diplomas Thank god that the time will soon arrive when a prospective employer will not be denied the pleasure of reading all my undergrad essays but will instead be able to … Continue reading →

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Mythical Myths No 7

Posted on 2008-09-18 by alan

In “The Myth of the Tragedy of the Commons”, Ian Angus claims that the phenomenon commonly called a “tragedy of the commons” is a myth. But he is wrong. Anyone who is aware of the fate of the Atlantic cod … Continue reading →

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Online, R U Really Reading?

Posted on 2008-07-29 by alan

Literacy Debate – Online, R U Really Reading? – Series – NYTimes.com But what do they think I just did with that article? I read it online!

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Don’t Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid | AlterNet

Posted on 2008-07-23 by alan

Don’t Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid | AlterNet Typical knee-jerk anti-nuke article but comments actually worth reading

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I Google, therefore I Don’t Think

Posted on 2008-06-30 by alan

My friend Gerry Pareja sent this article by John Naughton from The Observer, responding (I think very well) to Nicholas Carr’s ‘Is Google Making Us Stupid?‘ in The Atlantic, but I can’t say that its arrival is what distracted me … Continue reading →

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CO2 Reduction Scenarios (UK example)

Posted on 2008-06-25 by alan

Heavyweight physics prof weighs into climate/energy scrap [printer-friendly] | The Register

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Web Critic Gets it Wrong…

Posted on 2008-05-08 by alan

Mike Caulfield provides a brilliant rebuttal of a rather silly column (by Monica Hesse in the Washington Post) supporting the ideas of Andrew Keen about the supposed relative unreliability of the web relative to print. (This came to me via … Continue reading →

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More on Free Copying and Levies

Posted on 2008-03-19 by alan

Michael Geist has reported briefly on the defense by SAC of its proposal for an internet levy to compensate copyright holders for legalization of file sharing. But what I really want to link to is the first comment following Michael’s … Continue reading →

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60 Quality AJAX Resources and Tutorials – Software Developer

Posted on 2007-09-18 by alan

60 Quality AJAX Resources and Tutorials – Software Developer This is just something for me to look at more closely when I get time

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Leaning Tower Illusion

Posted on 2007-08-12 by alan

My friend Gerry Pareja forwarded a link to this story from ‘Improbable Research’ about the first prize winner in the Neural Correlate Society’s 2007 Illusion of the Year contest. The image certainly is pretty cool. But to test the explanation … Continue reading →

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AlterNet: Environment: What to Say to Those Who Think Nuclear Power Will Save Us

Posted on 2007-07-25 by alan

AlterNet: has reprinted an article from ‘Orion’ magazine by someone called Rebecca Solnit who claims to be giving advice on: What to Say to Those Who Think Nuclear Power Will Save Us though what she is really arguing is not … Continue reading →

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Video Debate on Nuclear Power

Posted on 2007-07-05 by alan

Peter Bradford, Patrick Moore and Jim Riccio debate the future of nuclear power and why nuclear power cannot solve the climate crisis. The actual debate linked to from Nuclear Information and Resource Service – NIRS is quite interesting, but the … Continue reading →

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mathschallenge.net

Posted on 2007-06-30 by site admin

mathschallenge.net Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic

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