Posted in Education, Math & Science on February 27, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Bill Kerr, a teacher/blogger I read regularly, wrote a post recently that I enjoyed immensely, called “What is maths?” He doesn’t answer the question, but what I like is he cites some other articles that talk about what math is not. They make it clear that a) we’re probably not being taught math completely in schools–even though we think we are, and [...]
Posted in Programming, Squeak, Technology and Software on February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I found this item on reddit. An entry in the GNU Smalltalk FAQ, under the heading “Does GNU Smalltalk run Seaside?” says that it will support Seaside in a release scheduled for March 8th. Now, the FAQ posting that says this is dated June 20, 2007. I’ve asked about this on reddit. Has the release date slipped any [...]
Posted in Education, Programming, Technology and Software on February 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The XO went into production late last year, and I’ve been looking for interesting material on it to talk about here. David Pogue of the New York Times did a review of the XO last year, but I just found the video for it.
I think he does a really good job of presenting it in [...]
Posted in Analysis, Information Technology on February 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hi guys. I’m still very busy with other stuff right now. I’ve yearned to get back to my research, and sharing my findings on here. I’ve had to be patient and persistent. It’s going to be slow-going for a while.
I found this article on reddit, called Rental Car IT, by Neal Ford. It encapsulates what I [...]
