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Powerpoint and teaching methods
Many of you will already have seen references to this research ( Read more... ) -
Some books read recently....
It has been a very long time since I blogged about any books I have read. So before I forget what they were, here is a list! Hopefully I have not forgotten anything.
Neverwhere: A Novel, by Neil Gaiman - fantasy fiction set underneath London. ***
Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut - cross between a war novel and an SF novel? ***
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Pigs
Poor pigs: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/opinion/14niman.html?em&ex=1174190400&en=a08952256d38b787&ei=5087%0A
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I have credit!
Woohoo! I finally have a somewhat reasonable credit rating!! I became suspicious that i might finally have decent credit when i succeeded in getting my brother a cell phone. I was wasting some time on amazon this afternoon, pondering what sort of camera i want to buy, when i was enticed by their little $30 off for signing up for a credit card ad ( Read more... ) -
Reading Log
White Oleander by Janet Finch
One has to hope the series of LA foster parents depicted in this book are not a representative sample.
The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel by Margaret Atwood
Atwood writes about a totalitarian future where people's lives are tightly controlled and women are generally subjugated. It is not 1984, but it is pretty good.
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I had no idea...
According to Gary Bouma, writing in the SMH, I am a member of a religious group! :)
"How is the host of a dinner party, or corporate function, to cope with the dietary regulations of vegetarians, vegans, as well as those of other religious groups?"
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Crazy proposed copyright law
In Australia, the government is trying to get an amendment to the Copyright Act through parliament. This amendment would make it illegal to put tracks from a music CD you bought onto an iPod! Apparently it was meant to make this sort of copying LEGAL, but the lawmakers did not realise that iTunes keeps a copy on the HD as well as on the iPod ( Read more... ) -
Swimmers
Anyone know a good place to buy some-what practical swimwear at this time of year?