Category Archives: General

A new desktop PC for Virtualisation, osx86 and the New Year.

My trusty laptop (an IBM X30) died a few weeks back. My data is fine but there’s something very unstable about the machine itself. After almost 5 years of intensive use, a survival from someone spilling coffee over it when … Continue reading

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External USB Video card for PS3? RSX workaround?

I have a PS3 that I “won” for talking at Office 2.0. I don’t really play games – no spare time. And their’s no emulator to let the PS3 run Wii games, yet. So what do I use the PS3 … Continue reading

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Society of Internet Professionals: Talk – Weds 28th Nov 2007

I’ll be giving a short talk at Social Networking night at Society of Internet Professionals on Weds 28th Nov, starting 6pm. I’ll discuss how wikis and related technologies work as open intranets and extranets, and how Social Networking techniques have … Continue reading

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I’m on vacation! (Back 17th)

Hi all. Just a quick note that I am in the UK on the road visiting family (my sister’s wedding, congrats Sally & Stu) & friends and so am not reading email or checking voicemail in the meantime. I’ll be … Continue reading

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The Situative Perspective in Educational Psychology

According to situated cognition, knowledge does not transfer between tasks. Teaching through abstraction is of little use since real learning occurs … http://www.uni-koeln.de/ew-fak/konstrukt/didaktik/situierteslernen/situative.ppt

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Seminar: Structure in writing

I thought I’d start blogging about notable structuring methods I find around the net. http://www.core.kochi-tech.ac.jp/hunter/semmapping/index.htm talks a student through how to go from a blank page to a coherent essay. Yes, just start writing, but start writing an intermediate document … Continue reading

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