about 1 year ago - No comments
One of the more interesting elements of reading on the Web is the way that hyperlinks send you off on a journey, and how readers can add in as much substance as the writer. This morning, I followed a trail that began with an email newsletter from Edutopia. The headline on an article caught my More >
about 2 years ago - No comments
Someone shared this video over at one of my social networking sites and I just had to crack up. It is such a great spoof of how a book gets published, with everyone doing the happy dance as the book moves along the process. Peace (in publishing), Kevin
about 3 years ago - No comments
For years, my pet peeve was that darned packaging around CDs. First of all, it would tear at my fingers trying to get it open. Second, I was left with more plastic and cardboard than CD case, and so every purchase of music felt as if I were germinating the local landfill. This week, I More >
about 3 years ago - 3 comments
A number of weeks ago, Scott McLeod (over at Dangerously Irrelevant) put out a call for a contest for poems and songs about technology. I rehashed an old song and updated the lyrics, recorded it quickly and then sent it along to Scott. It turns out he chose my song as runner up. Neat. (Here More >
about 3 years ago - 3 comments
This is one of an occasional email that I write to an author after reading their books. I have no idea what possesses me, but that non-reflective stance has never stopped me before. Today, I am writing an email to Bob Servant (or is it Neil Forsythe?) who wrote a wonderful tome entitled: Delete This More >
about 3 years ago - 11 comments
(this is part of Memoir Mondays over at Two Writing Teachers) I grew up on KISS. Not just the ones from Mom and Dad but the over-the-top rock and roll band, KISS. For a long stretch of my adolescent childhood, my entire neighborhood was enamored with this glam band as it hit the world stage More >
about 3 years ago - 2 comments
Language is a funny thing. Just check out these warnings found on products. Is it just because we, as humans, are generally stupid? Or is it fear of litigation? Or maybe something got lost in the translation from the place where things were made to the place where things are sold. In any event, have More >
about 3 years ago - 4 comments
I am convinced that music gets a short thrift in most classrooms. I know that, as a kid, if my teachers had at least once in a while use music for lessons, I would have been much more engaged in what was going in the class. I try to use music as much as possible More >
about 3 years ago - No comments
Wired Mag has a list of some geeky April Fool’s Jokes that include: remapping the keyboard of a friend changing the sound of incoming email to a fart sound covering up the light on an optical mouse the screenshot-as-desktop gag and more Check out the ten gags and you can even vote on the best More >
about 3 years ago - No comments
This video was shared over at the collective Teach.Eng.Us site by Linus but it had me laughing so hard, I just had to share it out. It’s a Dylan homage (does Weird Al do homage or just farce?) and uses palindromes. Very funny. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/RCG2E6AtNfc" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /] Peace (in backwards and frontwards words), More >
