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Wired’s “Rip. Sample. Mash. Share.” Yeah, Right!

Hmmm, The November 2004 issue of Wired has the goods on the notion of “Rip-Mix-Feed” line of thought. The magazine includes an audio CD with music specifically with Creative Commons licenses for ripping and mixing, and even a few are further licensed for sampling and commercial use. I’ve yet to listen to it (maybe on […]

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The Kiwi Workshop Brigade

I’m about halfway through my three week visit to Auckland New Zealand for an ambitious series of workshops at several schools here, and am bouncing between my regular CogDogBlog and its flipped over variant here CogDog(kiwi)Blog as well as two (or more) flickr sites. I may be losing track of where I leave my dribbles […]

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Not So Yummy

flickr foto Not So Yummyavailable on my flickr I cannot get past the smell when the Marmite lid opens- how do the kiwis stand it? As Richard calls, it “axel grease” (but then again, he likes it) I have yet to really develop my taste for this stuff. I doubt I ever will. This is […]

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What the flickr is going on?

Here I talked about loving flickr and a few hour later I cannot log in- all attempts are bounced back to the home, un-logged in screen. Flushed the cache, cookies, been tried another browser. Where is the love back? Unrequited? Is it just me? Does it hate my latest pictures? Sigh…. love is so complex. […]

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Learning Object Definitions Redux Number 3254

(Taking a break from my current Kiwi blogging action, cannot stay away). In Learning Objects: A Practical Definition Rory McGreal takes a somewhat noble effort to wrestle the learning object monster. I was looking for that grail like singular uber definition. Is it there? I love reading things like: LOs are sometimes defined as being […]

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The Blog Flips to New Zealand

As some of locals will be saying, “Kia Ora”…. This blog is about to be flipped.

In about 10 hours I am on my way to Auckland, New Zealand for 3 weeks of invited workshops primarily at my hosts at UNITEC with other visits scheduled to Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Waikato Institute of Technology, and Manukau Institute of Technology. Some of this has been continued communication with colleagues I met during my sabbatical visit in 2000.

Time to synchronize watches, either by my personal World Clock or this quick hack effort:

Phoenix Time: ” . date(“M d Y, h:i a”, $now) . “
Auckland Time ” . date(“M d Y, h:i a”, $now + 20 * 3600);
?>

With this time there, I shall not be actively blogging here, but will be on my inverted CogDogBlog located on a UNITEC server, or the CogDog(kiwi)Blog. I am setting up an embedded feed from my NZ blog to keep things connected here at home…

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Web Pioneers on the Ballot?

Wow, how do some of the key pioneers of the web have time to fun for elected positions in Arizona? Among the piles of colorful signs crowding every street corner, I have seen some familiar names pop out on the ballot for November 2… Is Eric Meyer, who’s books and web sites have paved the […]

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Cog (No Dog) Railway

flickr foto Cog (No Dog) Railwayavailable on my flickr This technology pulled us up 25% grades to the top of Pikes Peak, Colorado aboard the Cog Railway. Yes, the camera has safely returned to Arizona, all 130 photos in tact. Whew! Not much time to process them with 2 more days left before our next […]