This is a promising application. This is the only free voice message board I’m aware of. The most popular commercial product, Wimba, seems to work better, but then it’s only really affordable for large departments. I’ve played around with NanoGong only a little, and I’ve had some trouble getting it to work on a Linux [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2008’
Now that’s a long swim
I need to get around to finishing this article soon: Water boys | Health and wellbeing | Life and Health
ATM gives shoppers too much money
The following could be used as the basis for a discussion on ethics. Other questions to consider would be with regards to situations in which a cashier gives you too much change, you see someone drop their wallet, etc. My guess is that most people would return a wallet if they saw somebody drop it, [...]
The following were allegedly taken from actual church bulletins. Regardless of their authenticity, they do make for a humorous lessen on idioms, verb phrases, and ambiguity. The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. The sermon this morning: ‘Jesus Walks on Water.’ The sermon tonight: ‘Searching for Jesus.’ Our youth basketball team is back in action [...]
Scanning your thoughts
New image technique could allow scanners to read minds | Science | guardian.co.uk This article is too difficult for use in class ‘out of the box’, but the premise of one day scanning people’s brains for ‘thought crimes’ would seem to hold a lot of promise of in-class activities, almost certain to turn humorous. An [...]