Archive for August, 2005
- Tinderbox hybrid template :: Tinderbox allows a quick and dirty HTML export template and the construction of a course web site in a very short time :: Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 :: Posted in ILT, Notes | Comments Off
- GUI Gallery :: Industrial archaeology in the cyber age? We need to preserve the appearance of the older user interfaces and this site does it well. :: Tuesday, August 30th, 2005 :: Posted in ILT, Notes | Comments Off
- The nice thing about… :: Some links on learning theory :: Tuesday, August 30th, 2005 :: Posted in ILT, Notes | Comments Off
- Scales on Bass :: Silly picture for the bank holiday with link to Chicago based design company doing magazine layouts on Web pages :: Monday, August 29th, 2005 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- MS Excel dynamic graphs :: Use the 'forms' toolbar in MS Excel to link a slider control with a cell. Then you can make 'dynamic graphs'. Projected onto a screen, you can ask students to predict what the result of a change is going to be. :: Sunday, August 28th, 2005 :: Posted in ILT, Maths | Comments Off
- MS Excel simulation :: * “Download a spreadsheet that simulates breeding 60 fruit flies”:http://bodmas.org/blog/images/chi_squared.xls * The spreadsheet simulates the results of breeding fruit flies (F2 Generation – Second Filial?) where the expected outcome is a simple 1:3 Mendelian ratio of vestigial winged flies to winged flies * The screen shot above shows an anomalous result – a chi-squared statistic well above [...] :: Saturday, August 27th, 2005 :: Posted in ILT, Maths | Comments Off
- TGIF :: Nice clipart GIF of TGIF spelt out in child's blocks :: Friday, August 26th, 2005 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- Perfect Square Dissection :: What is the smallest number of squares of different sizes that can be joined together to make a square? Answer: 21 :: Friday, August 26th, 2005 :: Posted in Maths | Comments Off
- 4 colour theorem :: Try using 4 colours to colour in some maps - harder than it looks :: Thursday, August 25th, 2005 :: Posted in ILT, Maths | Comments Off
- Interactivity on Web pages :: Java applets and some DHTML Javascript can be used for educational purposes- and you don't have to code a line :: Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 :: Posted in ILT, Web | Comments Off
- Leonardo’s adding machine? :: Controversial replica calculating machine is based on a sketch in a 'misplaced' manuscript by Leonardo :: Wednesday, August 24th, 2005 :: Posted in Maths | Comments Off
- Ruler and compass constructions :: Some links to examples of constructions of common shapes and online drafting aids :: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005 :: Posted in Maths | Comments Off
- VCA :: Analogue synthesisers - a hoot with op amps and noise :: Monday, August 22nd, 2005 :: Posted in ILT, Maths | Comments Off
- AOL Spammer canned for 15 Months :: Jason Smathers who stole 90 million AoL e-mail addresses and sold them in alphabetical blocks to spammers is sent to prison for a year and a bit. He also has to pay restitution to AoL at the usual inflated level that US courts seem to impose. :: Monday, August 22nd, 2005 :: Posted in Forensic | Comments Off
- $100 laptop :: Nicholas Negroponte's latest idea for improving education :: Sunday, August 21st, 2005 :: Posted in ILT | Comments Off
- On the number 45 :: grab shots, guessed exposure :: Sunday, August 21st, 2005 :: Posted in Photos | Comments Off
- Two security stories :: e-mails sent by naive people can be tracked to the server using information in the header, and laptops used on insecure WiFi access points can still be traced using the MAC address of the network card or wireless card. :: Saturday, August 20th, 2005 :: Posted in Forensic | Comments Off
- The Microsoft Sound :: It was Brian Eno that composed 'that chime' - he did 84 separate pieces :: Friday, August 19th, 2005 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- RBL Links :: Testing the links in the module guide :: Thursday, August 18th, 2005 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- Exposure guesses :: List of typical camera explosures for 400 ASA film - handy for when you forget the meter when using a seriously old camera :: Monday, August 15th, 2005 :: Posted in Photos | Comments Off
- Bradford Wool Exchange windows :: Strange geometrical pattern found in 1840s building :: Saturday, August 13th, 2005 :: Posted in Maths, Notes | Comments Off
- Right Hand, Left Hand :: Left Hand, Right Hand, Chris McManus, Phoenix, 2003, ISBN 0-75381-355-6 :: Saturday, August 13th, 2005 :: Posted in Maths, Notes | Comments Off
- Seawatch :: Whale watching and statistics :: Friday, August 12th, 2005 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- Churches and castles :: Stafford and Worcester trips :: Wednesday, August 10th, 2005 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- A sensible to do list :: Limit the number of items on a to do list to three. Knock out some quality work. Then go home. :: Tuesday, August 9th, 2005 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- Richard Long :: Richard Long is an artist who walks and makes small changes to places as he passes through :: Monday, August 8th, 2005 :: Posted in Notes | Comments Off
- Bolton Priory :: Bolton Abbey in Warfedale, Yorkshire :: Sunday, August 7th, 2005 :: Posted in Photos | Comments Off