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the ideas ;bloground: September 2006
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The ideas ;bloground. Saturday, September 02, 2006. Martial Arts, Games and Learning. So although the things I'm learning currently won't help me out in a mugging, they might help me use my body with more awareness and care, for myself and others. Perhaps I'll drive more safely, not push myself or others beyond our limits, and grow older with better health, etc. I'll be fitter, mentally and physically, and a more effective member of society than I otherwise would have been. I am discovering the same thin...
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the ideas ;bloground: October 2006
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The ideas ;bloground. Saturday, October 21, 2006. There was a big booksale on today, which I went to, and bought some books. But not as many as I thought I might. My attitude to books has changed interestingly over the last few years. So, this is what I came out with today, along with why:. The Tough Guide To Fantasy Land. The Kindness of Children. The premise of this book is: 'Are children wiser about the nature of kindness than we think they are? I don't think my society has the right attitude to child...
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Browse anonymously, or get an account and write. Why do I love this site? It seems to be a perfect continuation of a 90s BBC children's TV show called It'll Never Work that I used to love when I was little. May 09 2007, last modified Aug 14 2008]. Bubbles washing up liquid. Cake and butter pudding.
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the ideas ;bloground: September 2005
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The ideas ;bloground. Monday, September 19, 2005. Letting things come to me. Since I've become more aware of the Web2.0. At least to a majority of users.). Well, now we have Listal. I'm not sure who owns them and whether I really want to commit my data to them, but the services are definitely there and doing what I thought such services should do years ago. Digital rights management isn't necessarily a bad thing, but biased towards the goals of the powerful it is clearly not a good thing. Some ideas that...
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the ideas ;bloground: August 2005
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The ideas ;bloground. Tuesday, August 23, 2005. A brief manifesto (for myself). The computing substrate seems to be improving at an ever increasing rate. But there are some things that I think need improving, some on the level of user education, others technological. Here are a few that spring to mind:. Provision of parallel architectures that are actually properly designed. The ideas mill is in overdrive, now all we need is groups to set these ideas in their proper places. Our data shadows are burgeonin...
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the ideas ;bloground: The Importance of Habits
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The ideas ;bloground. Tuesday, February 20, 2007. The Importance of Habits. Today it struck me that a lot of people get labelled as having 'good memories', or as being 'forgetful' when actually better labels for them might be 'well habituated' and 'badly habituated'. I suspect a case of missing the symptoms for the diagnosis. What are the symptoms? A failure to act in an expected way. What is the common diagnosis? What is my proposed diagnosis? But once trained are very handy. Definitely hints at interna...
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the ideas ;bloground: Martial Arts, Games and Learning
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The ideas ;bloground. Saturday, September 02, 2006. Martial Arts, Games and Learning. So although the things I'm learning currently won't help me out in a mugging, they might help me use my body with more awareness and care, for myself and others. Perhaps I'll drive more safely, not push myself or others beyond our limits, and grow older with better health, etc. I'll be fitter, mentally and physically, and a more effective member of society than I otherwise would have been. I am discovering the same thin...
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the ideas ;bloground: August 2006
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The ideas ;bloground. Sunday, August 27, 2006. It's easy to miss out on visual representations in every day life. Browsing through this exhibition gave me the resolve to get back into drawing again. One thing I am sure of is that failing to communicate visually is missing out on a dimension of life with huge potential. What role does visual representation play in your life? Definitely a line of enquiry to follow up. Wednesday, August 16, 2006. In fact, we arrive right at the paradox of the heap. The answ...
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the ideas ;bloground: new books
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The ideas ;bloground. Saturday, October 21, 2006. There was a big booksale on today, which I went to, and bought some books. But not as many as I thought I might. My attitude to books has changed interestingly over the last few years. So, this is what I came out with today, along with why:. The Tough Guide To Fantasy Land. The Kindness of Children. The premise of this book is: 'Are children wiser about the nature of kindness than we think they are? I don't think my society has the right attitude to child...
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the ideas ;bloground: lines of enquiry
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The ideas ;bloground. Sunday, August 27, 2006. It's easy to miss out on visual representations in every day life. Browsing through this exhibition gave me the resolve to get back into drawing again. One thing I am sure of is that failing to communicate visually is missing out on a dimension of life with huge potential. What role does visual representation play in your life? Definitely a line of enquiry to follow up. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The democratisation of programming.
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