A Bloggers’ Code of Ethics?
Kate Carruthers Update 2016: This link is no longer available but you can find a handy how-to guide to setting up a blog here – thanks to Chris for the link. An…
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World Day of Peace – the Pope’s Message (8 Dec 2004)
His Holiness Pope John Paul II and I have disagreed on many issues over many years (e.g. birth control, ordination of women, homosexuality, etc). However, there are many elements of…
Paranoia – The Conspiracy Reader
Paranoia – The Conspiracy Reader: “Since 1992 Paranoia: The Conspiracy Reader has enlightened readers with alternative views and marginalized theories of the inner workings behind sociopolitical events.” This is one…
Junkscience.com – “all the junk that’s fit to debunk”
Junkscience.com – this site is fun to peruse from time to time. It takes Junk science, which is defined as “faulty scientific data and analysis used to advance special and,…
Conservatives Fight Back – “Beware the Entertaining ‘Food Police’ “
The conservatives fight back against Supersize Me – there is a new web site that dissects & attempts to demolish Spurlock’s arguments against McDonald’s: The “Food Police” are back, this…
FITT – Females in Telecommunications & Technology
Not many active organisations for women in I.T. in Australia, the FITT mission is to: Encourage more women into the ICT industry Encourage women in the industry to achieve their…
6 Secrets of Highly Secure Organizations
A recent article in CSO Magazine (Vol. 1, No: 2 2004, p. 21 ff.) noted the 6 Secrets of Highly Secure Organizations. These organizations: 1) spend more on security 2)…
Brushes with Fame
Sometimes through life you run into famous people – we call these ‘brushes with fame’ in my family. Recently I was reminiscing with friends about two brushes with fame that…
More on Bullies @ work
Recently I posted on bullies @ work & made some fairly harsh comments about a colleague who had been doing this sort of thing often and openly. The other day…
Stages in the Learning Journey
Speaking with friends who are educators of the young one, thing has become apparent. The idea that learning is achieved by building foundations or layers of knowledge is passe. The…