Rants and Raves
Developing the coffee IV drip
Some will tell you that espresso machines are the life blood of our society. Perhaps they have a point. If all white collar workers trapped within their cubicles were banned from drinking that bitter smelling brew that comes out of espresso machines world wide, then production of important TPS reports would grind to a halt. [...]
Icky cats
Let’s be honest. I have no idea what a Cat5E is. So rather than play pretend, I thought I’d trawl through YouTube to dig up some videos of cats doing stupid things. Now I should also point out that I’m not a cat person. I firmly believe that you are either a cat person, or [...]
Using ‘Rate My Teacher’ to secure a promotion
It seems that I’ve been living under a rock as I totally missed this story the first time it went around! “Students use web to diss teachers”. It’s certainly a compelling headline! The story focuses on the website Rate My Teacher and its rise in popularity. Rate My Teacher promotes itself as an educational resource [...]
Things I have learned over the past week
There have been a few things I’ve noticed lately. Some thing have sparked my curiosity, others have just made me scratch my head in bemusement. 1. What is the world wide webs fascination with home schooling? Do a google search for teaching (or any related term) and your bound to turn up a variety of [...]
Post graduate studies are calling me
It’s been a few years since I graduated from University. Since then though I’ve often thought about going back to do some post graduate study. Well, I finally took the plunge, and now I’m committed. I’ve enrolled, and now I have the bill. Besides the amount of time it will take out of my active [...]
