Monthly Archives: December 2006

Did the Internet Make People Stupid?

Or did it just give stupid people a voice? Anyway, I felt I had to share this: XKCD – YouTube Because it pretty much sums up how daft (and combative!) people really do get online. And because XKCD rocks…!

27/12/2006 – 12:27 | By Nicolas Papaconstantinou | Posted in an eye out, opinio nation | Comments (5)

Finally, My Vinyl She Sings

After a couple of years of looking at the piece of software on my shelf and not being able to make it work through the power of sheer, focussed staring alone, I have managed to make Audio Cleaning Lab Deluxe work for me… it turns out that telekinesis is not one of my special powers. …

24/12/2006 – 4:24 | By Nicolas Papaconstantinou | Posted in now playing | Comments (7)

It’s Official-ish – Second Life is Killing the Planet

People really are talking about Second Life, all of a sudden. Worse for me (and I’m going to go out on a limb and say “and students everywhere”), Further Education seems to have got hold of the idea of using it to educate. Now, this wouldn’t be so much of a problem, except FE is …

24/12/2006 – 2:24 | By Nicolas Papaconstantinou | Posted in an eye out, opinio nation | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Jamie Oliver Special Ed…

… Was one of the ads that Amazon put up on this website. Is it an unfortunate abbreviation, or Amazon editorialising on the cheerful mockney kitchen-monkey? Whenever I feel down about my writing, all I need to do is look at the spam filter on this website’s comments. Among the encouragements found therein: Good observation, …

15/12/2006 – 9:15 | By Nicolas Papaconstantinou | Posted in ongoing saga, site admin | Comments (2)