For the past 15 years, I’ve been a bike commuter, and I try to ride to work at least a couple days a week. I love riding my bike. I also like to tinker, but for whatever reason I haven’t … Continue reading
November 19, 2012
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Category Archives: For Fun
June 25, 2012
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A #Mozilla #HackJam #yyj style
It was hacktacular. On Saturday, 26 30 kids and half dozen volunteers converged on UVic for HackJam, and we had some fun remixing and mashing the web. In a nuthsell, a HackJam is a Hackasaurus event for youth where they … Continue reading
June 22, 2012
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Tinkering, Hacking & Jamming
I love telling the story of my Dad and his satellite dish. In the early 80′s, my Dad inherited a used satellite dish. In those days, a satellite dish wasn’t the size that could neatly tuck under the eaves of … Continue reading
February 16, 2012
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So long and thanks for all the global beats Village 900
This is a long post. The kind of post that I write more for myself because it is fairly personal and not something that is directly related to what I usually write about here. Or maybe it is. If you … Continue reading
January 9, 2012
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Pirate radio for the #ds106radio crew
Been meaning to post some of this audio for the #ds106radio community for awhile now, but it was Grant’s post last week on Lorenzo Milam’s Sex and Broadcasting, a how-to guide to radical, community based non-commercial radio from the early 60′s that finally … Continue reading
December 15, 2010
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See, this is why I can’t do ds106
#ds106. I am sure that is going to be a trending hashtag in the new year as Jim Groom’s MOOC (Massive Open, Online Course) on Digital Storytelling gets underway in January. And looking at the participants who have signed on … Continue reading
January 9, 2010
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365Retro: My 2010 Flickr project (and maybe yours)
I have a project for 2010, and I’d love it if you came along. I’ve started a Flickr Group called 365Retro. The idea is to post one photo a day for the entire year. Now, 365 groups on Flickr are … Continue reading
March 17, 2009
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So, just how do you work this thing? Student stymied by textbook
There are shades of the viral video Middle Ages Tech Support in this very funny and impromptu classroom video. Like all good humour, I suspect there there is more than a bit of truth behind the yuk’s. In this video, … Continue reading
January 29, 2009
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The Internet, 1969 edition
Setting aside the obvious gender role stereotypes (Mom shopping while Dad pays her bills), this video from 1969 about the role of the computer in our lives is really interesting to watch, mainly because they got most of the high … Continue reading
June 27, 2008
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Best spam I’ve ever received
Wow. I am honoured. This may be the single highest mark of achievement in my life. Clint Lalonde It is my pleasure to inform you that you are being considered for inclusion into the 2008-2009 Princeton Premier Business Leaders and … Continue reading