Uhhhhh… Just watch it.
Category: ASIDES
VS Naipaul Interview
This interview I found worth reading. Via A Glimpse of the World.
Guess What! The Puppets finally formed a government!!!
Iraqi April Fool’s Day jokes over at Baghdad Burning.
An Hour with Hardeep
Up for an amusing recount of a conversation with an interesting, and somewhat baffling, Indian-American? Muninn’s got it for you. Comment section is interesting; I wonder what my friend Ritu would have to say about it all… via Far Outliers.
Voodoo Dolls Fad… in CHINA?
Apprently. Read more at EastSouthWestNorth.
Creating Passionate Users: What can we learn from game developers?
A couple of links on games and how they may link to ESL/EFL teaching: First, an article at Wired on the often overlooked positive effects of gaming. And at Creating Passionate Users, Kathy Sierra asks What can we learn from game developers?. She has some interesting audio files on the subject, and the big winner concept is the idea of using levels to stimulate interest in users (or, for us teachers, students). Interesting, and I think I’ll devote a little thought to it.
Searching for Dummies?
Uh, I have to disagree with this article: Searching for Dummies. I don’t think the Intenet is making us dumber. Nope.
The Smithsonian Signs a Deal With Showtime?
This is why your grandkids will know so little of what history was like.
Cartoon Brew: April 2006 Archives
If I were in a position to learn how to do Flash animations for this site, I’d want to make it like what is linked to in this Cartoon Brew post.
For You Fellow Aspirants
You may not see anything new here but it’s worth looking at Robert Sawyer’s Letter to Beginning Writers just the same.