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Name: The Rt Hon KJP
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[fonts, readability and testing]
Before people start rabbitting on about font readability, how about looking at how it can be objectively measured?
http://clearviewhwy.com/ResearchAndDesign/
[Christmas presents for girrls that might interest them in science and technology]
This sounds like a good idea but I'm not so sure about the suggestions.
http://www.swe.org/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=swe_001137&ssSourceNodeId=110
[more strange products: an anti-harrassment jacket that delivers an electric shock]
Perhaps not ideal for reducing playground bullying, but still interesting.
"The No-Contact Jacket is a wearable defensive jacket created to aid women in their struggle for protection from violence. When activated by the wearer, 80,000 volts of low amperage electric current pulses just below the surface shell of the entire jacket."
Sad that the world has come to this....
[the amazing world of yoyos, illicit sales from retail stores, and creepy hair]
A yoyo that makes ice cream...those marketing guys are working overtime. http://www.popgadget.net/2004/11/ice-cream-yo-yo.html
And what ARE the Target advertising people smoking?
http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/602-4980565-6734257?asin=0823916839
And finally, this hair replacement looks genuinely creepy stuff. But it may have a use...who knows?
http://www.popgadget.net/2004/11/high-tech-toupee-propia-hair-contact.html
(Mind you, I have never quite gotten over the fact that there is a hair replacement centre and a hair removal clinic in the same area of my city. I can't help but wonder where they get the hair for implanting... )
[..the damage done]
You're missed, A, still. By many of us.
Totally tragic. Totally unnecessary. Totally predictable. Totally.
"I’ve seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie’s like a setting sun..." Neil Young, The Needle and the Damage Done.
[religion related injuries]
A wonderful collection of injuries related to religion. Even before Mr Christ had His nasty accident at Calvary with a Roman nailgun, there have been serious injuries caused by religious belief. Religious wars are not included as they are just cases of "my invisible friend is better than your invisible friend".
http://blogs.salon.com/0002990/
[the ultimate fish tank]
You've seen the Fish Highway. Now prepare yourself: an aquarium for even the smallest apartment.
http://www.engadget.com/entry/6821595515183584/
[Christmas comes but once a year]
Thank Christ. Literally....
Boycott the materialistic nightmare that allegedly celebrates the birth of Christianity's pin-up boy. The best example of the kitsch around this celebration is an ornamental Father Christmas nailed to a cross that I saw in Indonesia. I don't think it was a religio-political comment, just a mistake.
http://www.xmasresistance.org/
[What war costs]
A by-the-second estimate of Iraq war costs (financial cost only). And you can compare it with the cost of education, etc.
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
US President Dwight D. Eisenhower
April 16, 1953
[all the news that's fit to print]
Todays's front page of about 350 newspapers from around the world
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
[Superman: role model for selfish people]
Researchers at NYU and MIT found that people with Superman on their mind are less likely than others to help people in need. Apparently Superman is too good a role model. Fans of compare themselves to the superhero, and realise they do not measure up. And as a result, they are less likely to help other people. Or, they are just plain social misfits in the first place....
"Students who thought of Superman volunteered much less of their time than those who thought about other superheroes. Furthermore, Superman-primed subjects were significantly less likely to show up at a meeting for volunteers held three months after they were initially asked to participate."
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996679
[water into wine.....well, cheap vodka into something else]
Experiment to test if you can improve cheap vodka by putting through a charcoal water filter
http://www.ohmygoditburns.com/index.php?p=4
[Segway makes cross-US trip]
Josh Caldwell is riding a Segway HT from Seattle to Boston. He made it.
[the physics of high heels]
Physicists at the Institute of Physics have devised a formula that high-heel fans can use to work out just how high they can go. Based on your shoe size, the formula tells you the maximum height of heel you can wear without toppling over or suffering agonies.
h = Q.(12+3s /8)
h is the maximum height of the heel (in cm)
Q is a sociological factor and has a value between 0 and 1 (see below to work this out)
S is the shoe size (UK ladies sizes). This factor makes sure that the base of support is just good enough for an experienced and sober, high-heel wearer not to fall over.
At least, that's the best reason they can come up with for owning lots of womens shoes.....
http://physics.iop.org/IOP/Press/PR1804.html
[Keys to the Fish Highway]
What is a Fish Highway?
Imagine a means for fish to swim out the top of your aquarium, up to the ceiling, across the room and then down into another tank. That's a fish highway. They're made of acrylic plastic, so you can watch the fish. I want one at work.
[the weirdest toy catalogue ever]
For sheer entertainment value, you can't beat the Waldorf toy catalog from Magic Cabin. Hmm, who do I know that might like this...?
http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2003/waldorf/
[Computer games in teaching and learning]
A very useful research review
http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/PDF/1529.pdf
[More iPods in education]
Uni hands out ipods for podcasting
http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=10201
"On a warm August evening in Durham, North Carolina, Duke University’s entire incoming freshman class celebrated the beginning of the 2004 fall term by stampeding the Distribution Center to receive what was described by Duke’s administration as a hot new item of pedagogical technology. Preloaded with welcoming speeches (by various Duke officials) plus assorted information about the campus, and slated for use in four course offerings, the fourth-generation iPod (www.apple.com) giveaways represented a Duke investment in equipment and supporting infrastructure of about $500K."
Podcasting in Education Blog: edupodder
http://www.edupodder.com/
A podcast example, with a playlist
http://www.engadget.com/entry/3971088331143865/
D'arcy Norman and podcasting in education
http://commons.ucalgary.ca/weblogs/dnorman/2004/10/30/podcasting-for-education
[text readability]
Neat site on text readability on the web. Might be useful for students looking at usability
http://edtechfm.sdsu.edu/bhoffman/type/
