Well, I started with Slackware but have been using RedHat for years now since it has been the most prevalent in the work place. So I know I'd feel fairly comfortable with it... and as I'm not wanting too much adventure with my new iBook I'm looking at getting it from yellow dog with it dual boot setup pre-installed. Maybe with an eMac a bit later I'll feel adventurous and test the various distros... but for the iBook I just want it to work (mainly just want it to write my stories and to edit small family videos, and if I can get Quanta on the Linux end of things I can work on my websites on the run).
I've been lusting after macs the last year or so and I'm really stoked with the new ibooks using G4 and have been getting my proverbial ducks in a row to purchase one from yellow dog linux people and have it dual booting... but I've somehow been too retarded to catch that Gentoo does PPC linux as well.. which is better? Which is most likely to work? what's the deal with Gentoo (YD is RedHat based... is Gentoo as well?)... I feel like such a newb when it comes to PPC linux.
While matrix has some interesting things to say... I don't think you can compare it to LOTR in it's depth. Maybe it's because I've read the books... but LOTR has much more subtlety, sub-plots, and sub-text than Matrix does. The plot isn't just about that there is a ring that's evil... it's about power, and how it affects people, it's about destiny and fate, it's about the every-man having to step in and do the right thing at his own expense, it's about putting aside differences for the common good, and it's about so much more. And while the Matrix has some innovative things... you can't really think that all their ideas were totally original can you? much of it is an amalgamation of various sci-fi/fantasy classics like Dune, 1984, and even Lord of the Rings, and mixed in with some eastern philosophy and anime traditions. The LOTR movies have strayed from the books at times... but have done at least a DECENT job of portraying the story and feel and emotion of the books, and THAT is why they're being held up as such a standard, because the BOOKS are such a standard. And let's be honest... Matrix is largely known for the great fight sequences for a reason... they ARE the bigger part of the movie. Ok... I'll shut up now, I like both, just don't think Matrix trilogy is as powerful as LOTR.
I agree... I think it's got enough content to be good, and odd enough hosts to be enjoyable. I don't see myself watching videogaming TV all day everyday... but I think that a half hour of X-Play every couple days is JUUUUUST right, I don't need to be in the thick of the video game industry, but I'd like to keep up with the basics of what's out there, and XPlay does a pretty good job of that.
Today was my last day at my job. I was working on a contract that had been extended through next June. Well a couple weeks ago I got a call from my contract company rep telling me that they were wrapping up the project early and I was getting the axe in 2 weeks. This suprised be as the project was no where near completion so I called in to work to ask one of the employees what they knew... and they had heard NOTHING. So I called the PHB... he said 'yep we're speeding up the move of the dept and contractors are going first'. I was ok with this if not THRILLED (I've got a 7 week old baby that would like to have diapers I'm sure). The NEXT day I go into work and the PHB has sent an e-mail saying that the company was doing a large global headcount cut and that in our dept (across two states), the decision was made to axe two contractors in Atlanta... me and the other guy on my shift were the two sacrificial lambs. I was quite bitter for a while till I realized that all the other victims of the headcount chop didnt' get a couple weeks of notice. All said and done it was a strange situation, though now it does look like the rest of the dept only has a few more weeks. I can't say that there was much justification for us to still be around mind you... they've cannibalized our depts responsabilities for so long that we didn't have all THAT much left to do. oh well... cookie crumbles and all that.
I've HAD to use gaim for my YIM needs on my Red Hat 9 machine because for some reason it wouldn't work right (font freakout). Now that they finally updated it though it does work so I'm not totally without YIM, though now I have to have both up to use AIM and YIM at the same time.
CharlesP
now I wouldn't mind one of those sweaters....
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I would LIKE to have a mario pixel-art sweater... that's some stylish fashion man! Think of how popular those Atari logo shirts are... these will be hot ticket items in a couple years you can be sure.
I have a good friend who's former roomie works for white wolf... I wonder if he's going to have a job in 170 odd days... I hope my company doesn't announce a personal armageddon anytime soon...
yeah... we swore up and down we wouldn't either... it lasted a year or so actually. We put in place a thing with our 6 year old where he reads for TV time... minute for minute, we give him a couple hours of TV allowance every week and then he has to "earn" extra by reading. Works out well and when he gets a good book he'll end up earning more TV time than he uses (he just finished Charlotte's Web and Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe).
Should be fun, but I don't think the disney rental world is the best for downloaded time stamped movies. I know as a parent, the KID movies are the ones you end up BUYING, as they are most likely to be watched over and over and over again for the next several years... and disney is the most common of that genre. Though if it's not TOO expensive I would probably try it... and if they tied it into a discount if you purchase the DVD... hmmmmmm
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I LOVE the simpler times. Give me my one big orange button and Crystal Castles, Frogger, Barnstorming, Grand Prix, or a set of paddles and Circus Atari.. now THOSE were the days... back when I was 7 and spent my afternoons in a back room of my mom's office playing games for hours on end. Make's me want a peanut butter sandwich and some graham crackers.
I know I'm not the only RC geek in here... I fly (ok I usually crash them, I'm not so good at the flying part) Radio Control Airplanes, I've had several throughout the years, but nothing too terribly fancy. They're usually just something to take up and putter around the sky. My other hobby is to write, though I have delusions that I'm a professional at that... I've even got an on-line RC airplane magazine I do http://www.rcmagazine.net . And a site for readers and writers (shameless ploy to lure an agent my way so I can start marketing my fiction and witty Dave Bary-esque columns), http://www.wordtrip.com . My latest musings have been on me experiences at childbirth class with my wife http://www.wordtrip.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=100 .
I couldn't agree more. There is nothing that comes CLOSE to the pleasure of a REAL book. The smell of the pages of a familiar old book, the texture of the paper between your fingertips... these are things that it will be very hard to replace with a digital version. I'm certain that referance works and such will benefit greatly and be wonderful to have in a practical digital format... but even when the digital papers get to a functional point, I think there will still be a place for "real" books, if not I'll never sleep for the visions of Fahrenheit 451 going through my head.
I LOVED Bonk... I bought it the first week it came out on the TG-16 and beat it the second game I played of it... but I STILL love to play it. It's not a complex game, and it's obviously not a terribly difficult came, but it sure is a ton of fun. I also have the sequel on the TG-16 which wasn't bad, but was much harder. And now... my son loves Bonk too, he's got my TG-16, and a SNES, and NES set up in his room (he's 6 and I think he should appreciate the classics), and he actually chose to spend some of his birthday money last year on buying Super Bonk for the SNES. I can't wait till they drop the price on the Gamecube again cause I KNOW we'll be getting one, between the new zelda, mario, etc AND this.. well... I'm sold. I'm ready to go back to.... moonland
It's an oft overlooked book by Frank Herbert of Dune fame, but it's got what I felt was a fascinating plot, and some great psychological stuff going on with the characters. I just finished re-reading it and posted a review on one of my project sites for readers/writers. http://wordtrip.com/phpBB2/viewt opic.php?t=66 You may have a tough time finding the book, but if you do I think you'll enjoy it. It's especially interesting I think to look at what he was writing back in the 80s about subjects that are still hot topics today, genetics and DNA manipulation, and biological weapons.
I hit google, I've been on a contract for the last two years that has really let my skills fall. So I google, when I need help, or when friends need help. Tis very easy to just throw in your basic info, be it sound card model numbers and linux or modules.conf, or video drivers or whatnot, and it will almost always pull up enough info to get you going. Combine google with Tabbed browsing... just right click and open in tab the first 5-8 entries that look promising, and you've usually got an answer pretty quickly.
I recently read the book on writing Sci-Fi and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card and he had a lot of good information on the basics and theories of Sci-Fi, and a lot of the "rules" as it were that I think could be pretty beneficial in developing a curriculum on the subject.
I've taken a couple of Lit classes that use WebCT... and maybe it was just my professor, but we had hardly ANY interaction with it. She had a website with our assignments/her lectures that didn't seem to really run through the webct system (though I think you had to log into WebCT to get to it or something, or it had some kind of password protection) and other than that we just used the chat for a few discussions.
I can't fathom that there isn't an OS solution for this out there as it would be just about the same as many of the php/mysql bulletin board systems out there (throw in a chat method and you'd be just about set)
I think your dead on here.. the key isn't that the homeschooling made the kids reclusive... The kids who were homeschooled and end up valedictorian of their class.. are obviously of the more intelligent section of the student body... which are notoriously the more reclusive and not always socially "normal" group...
In my experience with the home school groups my wife is involved with (as well as other friends and friends of the family who've been involved in homeschooling for years).... the homeschool PARENTS may be a bit odd (but that probably comes from spending all day with just your kids)... and some of the kids may have a little bit of social skill work needed.. but overall the kids are pretty well adjusted, have the ability to adapt to situations readily, and are hard working (which is probably the main reason I never succeeded in my one year of homeschooling... I was more motivated to compete in the Nintento Power Fest and write adventure games in BASIC, than study:D ). All of those things are going to quickly overcome the slight bit of socialization they may have missed... and are things that almost ALL employers want out of employees. You CAN screw up homeschooling.. and end up with a social recluse who can't function in a group... but I know people who came out of high school the same way. The people (aka kids) are going to be themselves.. and sometimes the social situations will be helpful.. and sometimes harmful... but for the most part their personalities are going to determine what they end up being after highschool.. much more so than their educational forum.
The fact is though, that the kid who is ready for 11th grade at 13... and well on a course to being an engineer isn't going to benefit from being stuffed in a locker at public school by some Jock who's going to end up pitching for the Yankees... it will NOT help him prepare for the real world that he will enter. He would much more benefit from gaining the knowledge and experience needed to further his education. High school will help them learn how to deal with highschool students... NOT adults in the real world.... and the only real problem they're going to have from missing that situation.. is how to deal with the morons who haven't CHANGED since high-school, and those aren't really going to listen to reason anymore as adults than they did then.
well... she says that for grade/elementary school if you joined a public or private school you'd get either placed by age or by evaluation... and after 3rd grade you have to take a state certified test every other year to determine that the student is meeting certain aptitude criteria if they are homeschooled.
So the curriculum isn't actually doing anything but making sure that the student achieves a certain skill level set by the state education organizations (I think you can check the websites for your state government, find the education dept, and then find listings of what they state are the required things/levels that the student should know). Which would imply that you don't NEED to buy a curriculum... it is however much easier than coming up with all the work sheets, etc, that most students are going to need to ensure that they are learning the proper things...
Most of the curriculums actually ARE open source... in that they are simply workbooks, etc, teaching the basic stuff that everybody knows (their source of information is open)... not some special formula for education. They however are not free...
So for a DIY kind of person you could theoretically take those state requirement listings and base what you're teaching on those, rather than purchasing a curriculum. There are also local home schooling groups, which will aid you in getting started.
I think one of the main reasons there aren't any really totally free ready-to-teach curriculums out there, is that most of the people who are home schooling have given up one income in the household, and are either teaching with other people's curriculum (or an amalgam of several company's materials) or are selling their own custom designed curriculum as a method for supplementing their family's income...
My wife has her degree in early childhood education and is a state certified teacher, but she stays at home with my son and homeschools him. I hadn't really thought about the fact that we are really laying out a fair amount of money for the materials. The state regulations in GA as I understand it are that you don't have to use a certain accredited course.. you have do certain placement testing after every 3rd grade or so (my boy is only 5 and doing 2nd grade work right now so it hasn't come up yet)... not sure on the final diploma requirements though... I'll ask the Mrs and post again....
how are the Case modding geeks going to separate themselves from the rest of the mortal PC geeks if they can't be the only ones to have those neat rounded IDE cables and everybody has practical Serial ATA ones? Seriously, I think that this will clear up so much space in the case that modding will gain a whole new element. I can just picture a Desk with the PC integrated wholly into it, without the limitations on the IDE cables being so close to the controller cards the parts can be spread out much more, into more ergonomic and aesthetically pleasing PC designs... I personally just want an external serial ATA adapter so I can just use a "Standard" hard drive for transporting data vs the USB ones or Optical media.
I've not wasted a couple hours yet, but the Essays I have read are quite insightful... I'm especially fond of the one titled "in defense of cheating". My wife has her degree in education and is homeschooling my 5 year old son, I'm going to have her read them and give me an educator's perspective on them. I think that the concepts are more intended for a higher education but I'm curious if she will come up with methods for implimenting them into an early childhood classrom.
His assertions of attractive things working better and his corresponding defenses are very interesting as well.
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Well, I started with Slackware but have been using RedHat for years now since it has been the most prevalent in the work place. So I know I'd feel fairly comfortable with it... and as I'm not wanting too much adventure with my new iBook I'm looking at getting it from yellow dog with it dual boot setup pre-installed. Maybe with an eMac a bit later I'll feel adventurous and test the various distros... but for the iBook I just want it to work (mainly just want it to write my stories and to edit small family videos, and if I can get Quanta on the Linux end of things I can work on my websites on the run).
CharlesP
I've been lusting after macs the last year or so and I'm really stoked with the new ibooks using G4 and have been getting my proverbial ducks in a row to purchase one from yellow dog linux people and have it dual booting... but I've somehow been too retarded to catch that Gentoo does PPC linux as well.. which is better? Which is most likely to work? what's the deal with Gentoo (YD is RedHat based... is Gentoo as well?)... I feel like such a newb when it comes to PPC linux.
CharlesP
While matrix has some interesting things to say... I don't think you can compare it to LOTR in it's depth. Maybe it's because I've read the books... but LOTR has much more subtlety, sub-plots, and sub-text than Matrix does. The plot isn't just about that there is a ring that's evil... it's about power, and how it affects people, it's about destiny and fate, it's about the every-man having to step in and do the right thing at his own expense, it's about putting aside differences for the common good, and it's about so much more.
And while the Matrix has some innovative things... you can't really think that all their ideas were totally original can you? much of it is an amalgamation of various sci-fi/fantasy classics like Dune, 1984, and even Lord of the Rings, and mixed in with some eastern philosophy and anime traditions.
The LOTR movies have strayed from the books at times... but have done at least a DECENT job of portraying the story and feel and emotion of the books, and THAT is why they're being held up as such a standard, because the BOOKS are such a standard. And let's be honest... Matrix is largely known for the great fight sequences for a reason... they ARE the bigger part of the movie.
Ok... I'll shut up now, I like both, just don't think Matrix trilogy is as powerful as LOTR.
I agree... I think it's got enough content to be good, and odd enough hosts to be enjoyable. I don't see myself watching videogaming TV all day everyday... but I think that a half hour of X-Play every couple days is JUUUUUST right, I don't need to be in the thick of the video game industry, but I'd like to keep up with the basics of what's out there, and XPlay does a pretty good job of that.
CharlesP
Today was my last day at my job. I was working on a contract that had been extended through next June. Well a couple weeks ago I got a call from my contract company rep telling me that they were wrapping up the project early and I was getting the axe in 2 weeks. This suprised be as the project was no where near completion so I called in to work to ask one of the employees what they knew... and they had heard NOTHING. So I called the PHB... he said 'yep we're speeding up the move of the dept and contractors are going first'. I was ok with this if not THRILLED (I've got a 7 week old baby that would like to have diapers I'm sure). The NEXT day I go into work and the PHB has sent an e-mail saying that the company was doing a large global headcount cut and that in our dept (across two states), the decision was made to axe two contractors in Atlanta... me and the other guy on my shift were the two sacrificial lambs. I was quite bitter for a while till I realized that all the other victims of the headcount chop didnt' get a couple weeks of notice. All said and done it was a strange situation, though now it does look like the rest of the dept only has a few more weeks. I can't say that there was much justification for us to still be around mind you... they've cannibalized our depts responsabilities for so long that we didn't have all THAT much left to do. oh well... cookie crumbles and all that.
CharlesP
I've HAD to use gaim for my YIM needs on my Red Hat 9 machine because for some reason it wouldn't work right (font freakout). Now that they finally updated it though it does work so I'm not totally without YIM, though now I have to have both up to use AIM and YIM at the same time.
CharlesP
I would LIKE to have a mario pixel-art sweater... that's some stylish fashion man! Think of how popular those Atari logo shirts are... these will be hot ticket items in a couple years you can be sure.
CharlesP
I have a good friend who's former roomie works for white wolf... I wonder if he's going to have a job in 170 odd days... I hope my company doesn't announce a personal armageddon anytime soon...
yeah... we swore up and down we wouldn't either... it lasted a year or so actually. We put in place a thing with our 6 year old where he reads for TV time... minute for minute, we give him a couple hours of TV allowance every week and then he has to "earn" extra by reading. Works out well and when he gets a good book he'll end up earning more TV time than he uses (he just finished Charlotte's Web and Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe).
Should be fun, but I don't think the disney rental world is the best for downloaded time stamped movies. I know as a parent, the KID movies are the ones you end up BUYING, as they are most likely to be watched over and over and over again for the next several years... and disney is the most common of that genre. Though if it's not TOO expensive I would probably try it... and if they tied it into a discount if you purchase the DVD... hmmmmmm
I LOVE the simpler times. Give me my one big orange button and Crystal Castles, Frogger, Barnstorming, Grand Prix, or a set of paddles and Circus Atari.. now THOSE were the days... back when I was 7 and spent my afternoons in a back room of my mom's office playing games for hours on end. Make's me want a peanut butter sandwich and some graham crackers.
I know I'm not the only RC geek in here... I fly (ok I usually crash them, I'm not so good at the flying part) Radio Control Airplanes, I've had several throughout the years, but nothing too terribly fancy. They're usually just something to take up and putter around the sky. My other hobby is to write, though I have delusions that I'm a professional at that... I've even got an on-line RC airplane magazine I do http://www.rcmagazine.net . And a site for readers and writers (shameless ploy to lure an agent my way so I can start marketing my fiction and witty Dave Bary-esque columns), http://www.wordtrip.com . My latest musings have been on me experiences at childbirth class with my wife http://www.wordtrip.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=100 .
I couldn't agree more. There is nothing that comes CLOSE to the pleasure of a REAL book. The smell of the pages of a familiar old book, the texture of the paper between your fingertips... these are things that it will be very hard to replace with a digital version. I'm certain that referance works and such will benefit greatly and be wonderful to have in a practical digital format... but even when the digital papers get to a functional point, I think there will still be a place for "real" books, if not I'll never sleep for the visions of Fahrenheit 451 going through my head.
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I LOVED Bonk... I bought it the first week it came out on the TG-16 and beat it the second game I played of it... but I STILL love to play it. It's not a complex game, and it's obviously not a terribly difficult came, but it sure is a ton of fun. I also have the sequel on the TG-16 which wasn't bad, but was much harder. And now... my son loves Bonk too, he's got my TG-16, and a SNES, and NES set up in his room (he's 6 and I think he should appreciate the classics), and he actually chose to spend some of his birthday money last year on buying Super Bonk for the SNES. I can't wait till they drop the price on the Gamecube again cause I KNOW we'll be getting one, between the new zelda, mario, etc AND this.. well... I'm sold. I'm ready to go back to.... moonland
It's an oft overlooked book by Frank Herbert of Dune fame, but it's got what I felt was a fascinating plot, and some great psychological stuff going on with the characters. I just finished re-reading it and posted a review on one of my project sites for readers/writers.t opic.php?t=66
http://wordtrip.com/phpBB2/view
You may have a tough time finding the book, but if you do I think you'll enjoy it. It's especially interesting I think to look at what he was writing back in the 80s about subjects that are still hot topics today, genetics and DNA manipulation, and biological weapons.
Charles P
I hit google, I've been on a contract for the last two years that has really let my skills fall. So I google, when I need help, or when friends need help. Tis very easy to just throw in your basic info, be it sound card model numbers and linux or modules.conf, or video drivers or whatnot, and it will almost always pull up enough info to get you going. Combine google with Tabbed browsing... just right click and open in tab the first 5-8 entries that look promising, and you've usually got an answer pretty quickly.
I recently read the book on writing Sci-Fi and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card and he had a lot of good information on the basics and theories of Sci-Fi, and a lot of the "rules" as it were that I think could be pretty beneficial in developing a curriculum on the subject.
ok I haven't read the article yet... but how is it that they use all their brain for language processing? I guess I'm off to read and find out...
I've taken a couple of Lit classes that use WebCT... and maybe it was just my professor, but we had hardly ANY interaction with it. She had a website with our assignments/her lectures that didn't seem to really run through the webct system (though I think you had to log into WebCT to get to it or something, or it had some kind of password protection) and other than that we just used the chat for a few discussions.
I can't fathom that there isn't an OS solution for this out there as it would be just about the same as many of the php/mysql bulletin board systems out there (throw in a chat method and you'd be just about set)
I think your dead on here.. the key isn't that the homeschooling made the kids reclusive... The kids who were homeschooled and end up valedictorian of their class.. are obviously of the more intelligent section of the student body... which are notoriously the more reclusive and not always socially "normal" group...
:D ). All of those things are going to quickly overcome the slight bit of socialization they may have missed... and are things that almost ALL employers want out of employees.
In my experience with the home school groups my wife is involved with (as well as other friends and friends of the family who've been involved in homeschooling for years).... the homeschool PARENTS may be a bit odd (but that probably comes from spending all day with just your kids)... and some of the kids may have a little bit of social skill work needed.. but overall the kids are pretty well adjusted, have the ability to adapt to situations readily, and are hard working (which is probably the main reason I never succeeded in my one year of homeschooling... I was more motivated to compete in the Nintento Power Fest and write adventure games in BASIC, than study
You CAN screw up homeschooling.. and end up with a social recluse who can't function in a group... but I know people who came out of high school the same way. The people (aka kids) are going to be themselves.. and sometimes the social situations will be helpful.. and sometimes harmful... but for the most part their personalities are going to determine what they end up being after highschool.. much more so than their educational forum.
The fact is though, that the kid who is ready for 11th grade at 13... and well on a course to being an engineer isn't going to benefit from being stuffed in a locker at public school by some Jock who's going to end up pitching for the Yankees... it will NOT help him prepare for the real world that he will enter. He would much more benefit from gaining the knowledge and experience needed to further his education. High school will help them learn how to deal with highschool students... NOT adults in the real world.... and the only real problem they're going to have from missing that situation.. is how to deal with the morons who haven't CHANGED since high-school, and those aren't really going to listen to reason anymore as adults than they did then.
well... she says that for grade/elementary school if you joined a public or private school you'd get either placed by age or by evaluation... and after 3rd grade you have to take a state certified test every other year to determine that the student is meeting certain aptitude criteria if they are homeschooled.
So the curriculum isn't actually doing anything but making sure that the student achieves a certain skill level set by the state education organizations (I think you can check the websites for your state government, find the education dept, and then find listings of what they state are the required things/levels that the student should know). Which would imply that you don't NEED to buy a curriculum... it is however much easier than coming up with all the work sheets, etc, that most students are going to need to ensure that they are learning the proper things...
Most of the curriculums actually ARE open source... in that they are simply workbooks, etc, teaching the basic stuff that everybody knows (their source of information is open)... not some special formula for education. They however are not free...
So for a DIY kind of person you could theoretically take those state requirement listings and base what you're teaching on those, rather than purchasing a curriculum. There are also local home schooling groups, which will aid you in getting started.
I think one of the main reasons there aren't any really totally free ready-to-teach curriculums out there, is that most of the people who are home schooling have given up one income in the household, and are either teaching with other people's curriculum (or an amalgam of several company's materials) or are selling their own custom designed curriculum as a method for supplementing their family's income...
My wife has her degree in early childhood education and is a state certified teacher, but she stays at home with my son and homeschools him. I hadn't really thought about the fact that we are really laying out a fair amount of money for the materials. The state regulations in GA as I understand it are that you don't have to use a certain accredited course.. you have do certain placement testing after every 3rd grade or so (my boy is only 5 and doing 2nd grade work right now so it hasn't come up yet)... not sure on the final diploma requirements though... I'll ask the Mrs and post again....
how are the Case modding geeks going to separate themselves from the rest of the mortal PC geeks if they can't be the only ones to have those neat rounded IDE cables and everybody has practical Serial ATA ones?
Seriously, I think that this will clear up so much space in the case that modding will gain a whole new element.
I can just picture a Desk with the PC integrated wholly into it, without the limitations on the IDE cables being so close to the controller cards the parts can be spread out much more, into more ergonomic and aesthetically pleasing PC designs...
I personally just want an external serial ATA adapter so I can just use a "Standard" hard drive for transporting data vs the USB ones or Optical media.
I've not wasted a couple hours yet, but the Essays I have read are quite insightful... I'm especially fond of the one titled "in defense of cheating". My wife has her degree in education and is homeschooling my 5 year old son, I'm going to have her read them and give me an educator's perspective on them. I think that the concepts are more intended for a higher education but I'm curious if she will come up with methods for implimenting them into an early childhood classrom. His assertions of attractive things working better and his corresponding defenses are very interesting as well.