Tag: tinkering
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Modelling the impact of planned interventions
Time for a brain splurge about one thread from a thought provoking meeting with MWJ earlier today. I’ll sum Mark’s idea up as “what if you could reasonably accurately model the impact of a series of planned interventions on a simulated classroom?” and hope I didn’t miss the plot completely.
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Adding Post Categories
Until about 20 minutes ago all posts on the blog appeared in one long list. Now they don’t have to. David suggested that it might be a good idea to have a separate space for any posts that are only really intended for that author’s future reference. I agree that it’s potentially a good idea…
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Ubuntu Adventures 2011
I haven’t used a desktop Linux distribution since a frustrating experience with Ubuntu some time in 2004 or 2005. My lasting memory was of having to load a terminal window not long after installation and fiddle about with various configuration files. Even then things didn’t work too well for me and I was (and still…
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Securing Google
I’ve been using my Google account to store increasing amounts of information. It started with Gmail and moved on to Docs and Calendar. It’s very handy to have access to my email and documents, especially research notes and other useful information, from any computer with an Internet connection. But the more I stored on Google…