There's been some fun developments at work. I'm getting the opportunity to assist with developing a virtual classroom using the Second Life platform. It's exciting and I'm keen to explore the use of 3D virtual spaces for online delivery of distance education. Looks like we're getting a grant for it too.

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I am alive. Alive and kicking. Going through a spot of major renovation right now. Five weeks in and it's all fine and dandy so long as I buy into the fantasy that it's just like camping. No kitchen, living room lights or washing machine makes for a less than happy Sarah, but I do have a shower, TV and computer. So I guess it's like hunkering down ( Read more... )

Damn graves disease. ( Cut for whineage )

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In stark contrast to my pre-travel alacrity, it always takes me weeks to unpack. My suitcase, a lumbering white elephant, sits deep under the stairs like a forgotten sock, or a docket discarded upon purchase. I don't want to go there. I don't want to sort and remember, each item carrying the scent and association of otherness; a mnemonic longing, ( Read more... )

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In Devon. Nursing a slight hangover. Went to a local pub last night to enjoy some English hospitality. Had a lovely Chilean merlot (or four). Staying in my Grandfather's beautiful stone house. Well, half of it. He sold the other half some time ago. Wifi connectivity and a sauna. Bliss. Brian Froud lives in this village. It's total fairyland; box ( Read more... )

What can I say. I'm minimalist.


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