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The Hierarchy of Digital Distractions   no comments

Posted at 2:14 pm in Interesting

This is absolutely brilliant and so very true…. (full picture here, it’s worth it)

Written by Simon Coles on February 3rd, 2010

Retro games   no comments

Posted at 9:40 pm in Interesting

Love it – games fondly remembered from the 1980’s, for modern machines

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/danny.offer/downloads.html

Written by Simon Coles on December 2nd, 2009

Child-friendly Wikipedia   no comments

Posted at 7:11 am in Being a Parent, Interesting, Sites

We sometimes use Wikipedia to help the boys with their homework – most recently Josh had to write about India etc. However, we’re always a little nervous about what else they might find.

Then I bumped into Wikipedia for Schools and the problem is solved! :-)

This 2008/9 Wikipedia DVD Selection is a free, hand-checked, non-commercial selection from Wikipedia, targeted around the UK National Curriculum and useful for much of the English speaking world

Excellent stuff – the power of open content…

Written by Simon Coles on October 29th, 2009

Whiteboard paint   no comments

Posted at 7:56 am in Interesting

Didn’t realise you could do this. I know you could get blackboard paint, but whiteboard paint? Sounds very cool – haven’t tried it though. My inner engineer is of course completely unable to have an in-depth conversation without a diagram…

Written by Simon Coles on October 28th, 2009

Nerd Attention Deficiency Disorder   no comments

Posted at 9:12 am in Interesting

Just come across an old blog post (from 2003!) Nerd Attention Deficiency Disorder which made me laugh – I suspect I’m more than guilty….

Written by Simon Coles on October 24th, 2009

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