Expect a world tour, maybe a few posts about shoes. When I sent the Vox invite I could have guessed the theme she'd pick. Imelda Marcos was an amateur in comparison...
Shocking news via Boing Boing. I predict a hoard of US based Aussies heading home for a Vegemite fix.
In New Zealand you are either a Marmite or Vegemite person: It’s Vegemite for me!
I’ve noticed on the cycle trips that Tourists new to these delicacies struggle to like either – finding them strong & salty. Don’t know what they mean, but then it’s part of our staple diet!
Boing Boing: US govt bans Vegemitehe US has banned importation of icky Australian delicacy Vegemite (a brown gunky spread that is simultaneously delicious and grody), enraging Aussie expats in the US, who require a steady supply of Vegemite in order to remain functional.
I'm writing this while listening to Radio Live (New Zealand) where Russell Brown and Graeme Hill are talking about Vox!
Russell is in the US for Foo Camp, keep an eye on Hard News for more posts about that, but paid a visit to SixApart, Google, IBM and others...
Hard News | It's all good, mostly
http://www.publicaddress.net/default,3449.sm
I've been busy. First stop on Tuesday was with SixApart, home of Moveable Type and LiveJournal, and, more recently Vox, an impressive personal-blogging platform aimed at noobs, and experienced bloggers who want a closed-circuit channel to communicate privately with friends and family. The user-friendliness of the back end of Vox was pretty amazing, as was its integration with Flickr, YouTube and Amazon. I have a Vox invite, so I'll have a bit of of a play and report back sometime.
I interviewed SixApart's co-founder Mena Trott, a bubbly bohemian who wouldn't look out of place in a K Road café..."
I was going to blog about this but this email, sent this morning, says it all…
-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Capper
Sent: Saturday, 19 August 2006 10:17
To: Brian Cox
Subject: Thanks, I needed thatI had read of your work & the developments at CERN but was great to hear you on the Radio NZ this morning.
Your optimism and positive outlook was a total contrast to James Howard Kunstler's bleak, I'd say Luddite, view of the future that preceded you, much needed.
Yep we have problems, the oil will run out, the globe will warm till one day it's consumed by an expanding dying sun but I suspect humanity will be around in some form to see all these things happen.
Regards,
Robin Capper
http://www.radionz.co.nz/nr/programmes/saturday
8.30am: James Howard Kunstler
Social analyst who is one of the key speakers at the Digital Earth ’06 Summit on Sustainability in Auckland on 27-30 August. His book ‘The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century’ (Grove Press, ISBN 0802142494) explores the rapidly approaching end of the fossil fuel era.
9.05am: Brian Cox
Enjoyed the life of a rock star in the 1980s and ‘90s before becoming one of the world’s leading physicists. Dr Cox is the Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, and is contributing to one of the largest collaborative efforts ever attempted in the physical sciences: the Atlas Project at CERN in Geneva.
My Granny used slate tablets in school. It appears Tablet is back although these (PC’s) are convertibles. The evening news reported on Project Chaos – a trial of tablet and other new IT technology in NZ public schools. It looked like they were having fun while learning lots, a good combination!
Introduction of Project Chaos - www.digiops.org.nz
Brooklyn School (Years 1-8) in Wellington is implementing Project CHaOS (Children Have Ownership of Schooling).
For older children, learning resources will extend to those available outside the classroom and be accessed by using pocket digital apparatus (PDA), tablet PCs and stand-alone computers. Other children will learn to confidently present their work using digital and presentation technologies.
Younger children will be introduced to ICT using tablet PCs that are interactive, user-friendly, fun and can be used without keyboards or mice. Project CHaOS will explore ways in which this technology can speed up the transition from pen based numeracy and literacy to digital numeracy and literacy.The Digital Opportunities (DigiOps) projects are joint partnerships between schools, organisations involved in ICT and the Ministry of Education. Currently there are 11 projects on the go, all trying to push the edges in terms of how ICT can be used in interesting, innovative and tangible ways.
10 20 30!The best advice is often the simplest;
- Remember three numbers
- Apply what they represent
- You’ll make better PowerPoint Presentations.
Guy Kawasaki tells you how…
The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint - Guy Kawasaki (It’s just one of his Top 10 Posts)
I pass this car sometimes, depending which way I go to work. Sitting in the traffic is a little less unpleasant with a DB9 to gaze at while you wait. Stunning looking car, now a victim of Auckland low-life…
now with even more useless content! » Oh my… Aston on Blocks
“Somewhere in Auckland there’s a 1976 Cortina Station Wagon with a vinyl roof, louvres and a Supercheap Autos 5 speed gear knob driving around with 21? wheels worth around $40k!”
It's by Six-Apart (TypePad) but not aimed at that audience. Just playing here, seeing what it's all about.
