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Five Minute University Thursday 18 February 2010 I find that education, it don’t matter where you go to school, Italy, America, Brazil, all are the same – it’s all this memorization and it don’t matter how long you can remember anything just so you can parrot it back for the tests.
We’re the Stupid Ones Wednesday 17 February 2010 When folks need an elevator, we should give them an elevator, not an airplane.
My take on the iPad Thursday 11 February 2010 “Your computer has too much computer in it, and not enough typewriter” –Strong Bad I’ve been trying to think of a way to frame how I think about the iPad, and the above quote from Strong Bad sums it up nicely.
There's too much there, there. Friday 5 February 2010 That’s also one reason (among many) that Windows sucks. It’s always there, getting in your way, pretending to be helpful but really just pissing you off, like that waiter who keeps stopping by your table asking you if you need anything else, and is everything okay, and how do you like your dinner.
This is where I'm from Thursday 4 February 2010 via youtube.com Ah! Those colours. I miss those colours. (Oh, turn the sound down at the end so you don’t have to listen to the stupidest slogan since “Go on, take the train”).
Interview with Berkeley Breathed Tuesday 2 February 2010 So I was filled with self-doubt as Binkley was. But the little scheming media manipulator of Milo?
Birds playing guitars Sunday 31 January 2010 via youtube.com (Céleste Boursier-Mougenot at Barbican Centre, London) I hear The Necks are in discussions with these finches to play guitar for them.
Myki: Delayed one more year Saturday 23 January 2010 VICTORIA’S new Public Transport Minister Martin Pakula says he expects the troubled myki ticket system to be working on trams and buses in Melbourne by the end of the year.
Shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic Thursday 21 January 2010 Mr Pakula described himself as a moderate user of public transport, saying he travelled by train a couple of dozen times a year.
The Zen of Business Plans Tuesday 19 January 2010 In my day job, I not only hear a lot of PowerPoint pitches, but I also read a lot of business plans.