The Simpsons Star Wars Opening
Friday, August 31st, 2007I gather this has been around for a month at least, but I thought this mash of The Simpsons and Star Wars by Rich Cando (of Dude Films fame) was too good not to share: [Via]
Archive for August, 2007
I gather this has been around for a month at least, but I thought this mash of The Simpsons and Star Wars by Rich Cando (of Dude Films fame) was too good not to share: [Via]
links for 2007-08-31
Friday, August 31st, 2007Lectopia: Welcome Lectopia's new website, having moved on from UWA now that they're part of Echo360 along with Anystream. (tags: lectopia ilecture elearning) 'Spider-man' suit secret revealed [BBC NEWS | Science/Nature] A "Spider-man" suit that enables its wearer to scale vertical walls like the comic and movie superhero could one day be a reality, ...
Australian Blogging Conference: 28 September 2007
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007The big news of the day is that The Australian Blogging Conference, a fabulous-looking free one-day event exploring everything about blogging in Australia (including education and Creative Commons!) now has a date: Friday, 28 September 2007 in sunny Brisbane! All of the details are here. I'd write more, ...
links for 2007-08-29
Wednesday, August 29th, 2007Six reasons I don’t like Blackboard [a thaumaturgical compendium] A case against Blackboard: It's slow; has a clunky instructor interface; isn't easily extendable; leads to a homogeneous student online experience; doesn't talk to the world outside the university well; and costs too much. (tags: blackboard elearning lms webct) YouTube criticized in Germany over ...
US Tweens and Teens Talk Education while participating in Online Social Networks
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007JD Lasica points to an interesting new report from the US National School Boards Association entitled Creating & Connecting /Research and Guidelines on Online Social — and Educational — Networking. The report focusing on 'tweens' and teens, and has some really important notes about the role of social networking in ...
links for 2007-08-28
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007Anystream Apreso Acquires Lectopia from the University of Western Australia; Forms Echo360, Inc. [Press Release] Lectopia, the enterprise-level presentation capture and delivery system developed at the University of Western Australia (formerly know as iLecture) has been purchased by Anystream Apreso. Sad to see it go, but good luck to the ...
links for 2007-08-27
Monday, August 27th, 20073, 2, 1, Action! [Blogger Buzz] Blogger blogs now support free-hosting of videoblogs: "Today we are releasing video uploading to Blogger! This feature allows you to upload videos and create a video podcast with the same ease that we currently provide with photo uploading." (tags: podcast blogger google) Teenage hacker unlocks the iPhone ...
links for 2007-08-25
Saturday, August 25th, 2007Pirated Simpsons video filmed on mobile [The Age] "A 21-year-old man from the western Sydney suburb of Prairiewood faces up to five years' imprisonment after he was charged with uploading a pirated copy of The Simpsons Movie on the internet." (tags: simpsons piracy ethics p2p legal copyright australia) How good is NetAlert? [MashUp ...
Australian Politicians … editing Wikipedia and spending big on redundant Internet filters
Friday, August 24th, 2007(I'm back in Perth, and ...) All over the world the WikiScanner has been uncovering interesting trails and tails of previously unnamed Wikipedia editors. PerthNow quickly jumped on the bandwagon and discovered the the Office of Australia's Prime Minister has been busy: The Prime Minister's staff has been editing ...
Off the Grid!
Thursday, August 16th, 2007I'm on leave, and Emily and I are away, until August 24th. More to the point, we're going to be completely without internet connectivity (partially by choice, more by circumstance), so I'm going to be completely off the grid until we get back to Perth. So, please don't ...
