August 2009
Deciding the Fate of North America →
The French and Indian: War Deciding the Fate of North America
In high school and college the French and Indian War was this long amorphous event in between settling the colonies and the…
LMS in a Pandemic →
As we head into the new school year across the United States, medical officals are warning about higher than normal numbers of young people with the flu. The Center for Disease Control…
TED Talks: Dan Pink on the surprising science of... →
I was attracted to this video because a while ago I read Daniel’s book: A Whole New Mind. Take the concept that simple, clearly defined jobs will move to overseas. So to succeed in the United…
State of the LMS →
Watched an informative WebEx about The State of the LMS: An Insitution Perspective presented jointly by Delta Initiative and California State University. An true innovator in this market…
Morning Glory Clouds Over Australia →
Morning Glory Clouds Over Australia Credit & Licence: Mick Petroff; Tip Thanks: James Holmes (Cairns)
Explanation: What causes these long, strange clouds? No…
TED: Social Bacteria →
We have 10x bacteria cells on or in our bodies as human cells. By far most of those protect us. Soap which kills 99% of bacteria kills both the good and the bad. This video by far gives an idea as…
Name Collisions →
Blackboard has a conference they call BbWorld. I noticed there are some odd tweets with the same #bbworld hashtag lately. These appear to be about a Blackberry conference to be held next month.
Cognitive Load →
My parents taught me as a child lying is harder than telling the truth. I am way too lazy to bother with anything other than using a tangent to change the subject. Simplicity also helps keep track…
Computer Metaphors →
An effective way to explain something is to use a metaphor. This can be especially effective by picking an metaphorical object or behavior with which the audience is already familiar.
The one I see…
Weblogic Diagnostics →
I noticed one the nodes in a development cluster was down. So I started it again. The second start failed, so I ended up looking at logs to figure out why. The error in the WebCTServer.000000000.log…
Americans Are Hindus? →
Perhaps I don’t understand a Newsweek article advocating Americans have more in common with Hinduism than Christianity?
First, the numbers of Americans who agree with the sentiments are 65%, 30%,…
Nasa assembles Ares test rocket →
The US space agency has completed the assembly of its Ares I-X rocket ahead of a test flight scheduled for October.
U.S. Indicts Three in Theft of 130 Million... →
Shared by Ez
Ouch. Keep an eye on your postal mail for a notice your card was compromised. :/
A Miami man and two unidentified
computer hackers were charged with stealing 130 million credit
and…
What's Behind Birthers' Obama Belief →
[The following is an exact transcript of this podcast.] The so-called birthers can’t accept that President Obama is really a natural-born American citizen. Part of what’s behind this seemingly…
Saturn's Iapetus: Painted Moon →
Saturn’s Iapetus: Painted Moon Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA
Explanation: What has happened to Saturn’s moon Iapetus? Vast sections of …
DDoS of Social Media →
Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal and other sites all admitted to suffering from a DDoS attack. It seem to me the purpose of a Denial-of-Service attack (DoS) against a web site is to flood it…
Turnitin.com →
I’m surprised I have not blogged here about the student lawsuit against Turnitin.com? An anti-plagiarism service, Turnitin has students or faculty members upload papers into the database. By…
Booing at Beckham →
Sports are entertainment. Some watch it for the feats. Some like discussing tactics. Some just want to see scores. Some love the bloopers (aka mistakes).
The second you feel a sports player seen on…
Dune →
St. Joseph Peninsula State Park was the 2002 Dr. Beach America’s Best Beach winner. It is the only beach on the list I have actually visited. I just wish I’d brought the right camera lense.
Links for 2009-08-03 [del.icio.us] →
The Omnivore’s Delusion: Against the Agri-intellectuals — The American, A Magazine of Ideas
Why Kindle Should Be An Open Book - Forbes.com
“Open allows experimentation. Open encourages…
Photos: NASA’s New Rocket Gets Built, and Dang Is... →
The first tall, skinny Ares I-X rocket is now more than half assembled at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building.
Last week, a host of new pieces were stacked onto the test…
Sunset Coastal Grill [Flickr] →
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Why I behaved as a child [Flickr] →
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Bennie's Alley Stones [Flickr] →
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