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November 19, 2012
by Clint
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What my bike is teaching me about learning

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

June 25, 2012
by Clint
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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
by Clint
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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
by Clint
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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
by Clint
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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

March 17, 2009
by Clint
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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
by Clint
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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
by Clint
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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