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Early childhood education
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/7641487/Call-to-lower-school-age-to-four
Stuff reports:
A South Auckland early childhood education taskforce set up to tackle the problem found only 27 per cent of new entrants have had any ( Read more... ) -
Happiness and Wagner
This is a pretty good article on how money can make you happy, but only if you spend it on the right things ( Read more... ) -
Meat
I have been reading McGee on Food and Cooking, which is 800 solid pages on How Food Works. In the interests of increasing my recall, I'm going to write about some of the things I'm learning ( Read more... ) -
Exercises with bananas
I've long been a fan of grilled bananas, such as many cafes offer with either pancakes or french toast in their brunch menus ( Read more... ) -
Games I've played recently
The era of digital distribution does make it an awful lot easier to buy software (especially for the Mac).
So, games I've played recently:
Fable: The Lost Chapters Over-the-shoulder RPG with invisible walls (i.e. the game is divided into zones, and each zone has a map controlling where you can go). This is a game in which everyone is somewhat ( Read more... ) -
Captaining in ultimate (disjointed musings)
Today I spent the day as captain of a team in a local social hat tournament. As captain ... well, I didn't really do very much. I called lines, talked a bit at team talks, but generally let the game progress without much of my input or control (beyond simply playing as I normally would ( Read more... ) -
Copyright
Some years ago, I played ultimate on the beach at Oriental Bay. The Dominion Post sent a photographer down, and he took quite a good photo of me. So, I contacted them and asked for a copy. For the sum of around $25, I got a digital version and the right to noncommercial use ( Read more... ) -
Addendum
Stephanie thinks my last post makes me look like a heartless bastard. I don't know, maybe?
Would it make me a better person if I lay awake at night worrying about things I can't change?
Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone.
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More about Nassim Nicholas Taleb
we had the TV on at work yesterday and today ( Read more... )
