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Month: December, 2005

Resolutions

I’m not one to make resolutions. But I’ll make an exception this year. I’ll look at it as having a plan. ‘Cos you know what they say about failing to plan. So, here’s the roadmap for 2006: 1. Take more photos I’ve not been taking lots of photos over the past two years. As such, [...]

Nothing short of a miracle

…with the exception of the communication-oriented tools (discussion forum and on-line chat), [it] is principally a tool for disseminating course information (including course notes and lecture slides) and managing teaching. Unfortunately, providing convenient access to course information does not readily translate into student learning. And for my next trick, I will attempt to spin this [...]

Adding categories to blogger

Blogger doesn’t have categories. There are a few ways to get around this. I am trying out the greasemonkey method for adding categories to blogger using Firefox. Users of the ‘Blue E’, it’s time to change your browser. ;) It seems to work. I hope the formatting doesn’t go all awry if I use more [...]

del.icio.us gets y.ah.oo-ed

Found out that the social bookmarking site del.icio.us has been purchased by Yahoo. This is a great move by Yahoo. It’s got synergy with Flickr, which is a photo hosting service that is highly extensible. Both del.icio.us and Flickr use tags, or what Web 2.0-ers would refer to as folksonomy. Both make terrific use of [...]

Stationery for utensils

Drumroll, please. Introducing the latest cooking blog in town…. kwokwok Yes, Stationery Girlâ„¢ trades in her stationery for cooking utensils. Even though she claims she cannot cook, her seafood marinara begs to differ. Yummmm! =)