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July 11th, 2009
05:17 pm
By Mitch Blunt
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July 10th, 2009
04:17 am - RAGE
I made this:
If you don't know why, then watch this:
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June 29th, 2009
June 27th, 2009
01:41 pm
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June 23rd, 2009
07:24 pm
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12:25 pm
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June 22nd, 2009
07:16 pm
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June 13th, 2009
04:28 pm
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June 6th, 2009
06:53 pm
"Robots are used for conducting stress tests to see if the APC 40 will be able to withstand typical wear and tear as induced by the travelling techno musician"
"We were especially concerned about the crossfader"
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June 3rd, 2009
08:09 pm - Yo, this dude knows what hes talking about bro
"The invention of the automobile and the airplane did not come from a detailed study of how their predecessors, such as horse-drawn carriages, worked or did not work. Yet, this is the model for contemporary educational research. The standard paradigms for education research take the existing classroom or extracurricular culture as the primary object of study. There are many studies concerning the poor notions of math or science that students acquire from today's schooling. There is even a very prevalent "humanistic" argument that "good" pedagogy should take these poor ways of thinking as its starting point. It is easy to sympathize with the humane intent. Nevertheless I think that the strategy implies a commitment to preserving the traditional system. It is analogous to improving the axle of the horse-drawn cart. But the real question, one might say, is whether we can invent the "educational automobile". Since this question has not been addressed by educational psychology, we must conclude that the scientific basis for believe about aptitudes is really very shaky. But these beliefs are institutionalized in schools, in testing systems, and in college admissions criteria and consequently, their social basis is as firm as their scientific basis is weak."
-Seymour Papert, inventor of LOGO programming language
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01:47 pm - I started playing with this kids programming language
It's called scratch:
It's all physical blocks that prevent you from having syntax errors.
This is what I made:
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May 18th, 2009
02:46 am - So good
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May 17th, 2009
03:37 am - yes
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May 16th, 2009
04:09 am - "What Microsoft needs badly is a shaman"
" Both of the campaigns Microsoft is running these days - the ones about finding laptops and the newest one, with a cost/benefit analysis of the Zune Pass - just aren't very robust. That is the polite way of saying that they are dumb. Saying that they are dumb is the polite way of saying they're disingenuous, and saying that they are disingenuous is the polite way of saying that the people responsible for them should lose their jobs.
The Zune is a great product, and the Zune Pass (as I've described before) is becoming increasingly rational - particularly now that subscribers get ten free songs a month to keep. I often wonder why a company with this much money can't just go buy better marketing. Communicating a product is just not a complicated affair, and there are talented, creative people in things called agencies who will take anything you can imagine - even liquids! - and transform them into cultural artifacts.
What Microsoft needs badly is a shaman. They need somebody who is situated physically within their culture, but outside it spiritually. This isn't a person who hates Microsoft, but it's a person who can actually see it. I can do this for you. Give me a hut in your parking lot. I will eat mushrooms, roll around in your cafeteria, and tell you the Goddamned truth. "
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