I have to agree. When I was a kid, I thought, just wait till I grow up, and other kids like me, and we'll all change things. Hasn't happened yet:( everything is still the same. I just don't have as much nuclear anxiety.
Oh sorry, you use cards in cribbage...it's kind of an old fogey game my then nerdy boyfriend taught me at the time, you move little pegs along the board...hmm...I haven't played it since then, I forget the rules...but it did involve cards. Even playing fish *inside* the library was a big no-no, Mr. Topolinsky hated cards with a passion...OTOH, he was a nice guy who would let us in early to use the computers and read the papers first. He had a big impact on my life, it was mostly because of him that I went into library science...he was pretty cool except for the card thing...this was in Edmonton, AB...five, six years ago? Man, what a a while ago that was...
Man, I totally forgot about those cheers where our school would "crush" and "defeat" some other team. I hated mandatory pep rallies. They were so loud and boring and I could never be a part of the good ol' 3-minute Hate:-)
1.Why is the website privacy policy so lax? Nabisco's Candystand has more rules than this! It would never fly with Truste (not that *that's* saying much)
2.Why not offer a help line for depressed kids rather than a snitch line? Canada has had the Kids' Help Phone for about 10 years now and it is wildly popular and successful, as well as ANONYMOUS
3.Rewarding kids is nothing new, but doesn't WAVE take corporate sponsorship to a new level? It's bad enough that there is so much advertising in schools, and I feel kids today are just being groomed to consume and consume since they day they're able to point "I want that".
4.One of my favourite authors once wrote about the indecency of being made to pee in a bottle "with the results potentially ruining your life forever" or something to that effect...is WAVE more interested in ruining lives or actually helping them?
LOL! my nerdy friends and I used to sit outside the library and play cribbage because, altho we were fair friends with the librarian, he thought cards were the tool of the devil. Sigh.
> interesting exploits of Johnathan Creek are far more important than this
It is to me! I love that show, and it has Josey from the old British Who's Line is it Anyway (sorry, Drew can never replace Clive in a million years).
OTOH, it's kind of interesting that someone would make a documentary about it. I love Netscape, but is it worth a documentary, really? I don't know...maybe I've just become hard to so many net ideas going bust.
:-) heheheheh! At the rate CSIS is loosing confidential documents in public places, maybe it won't happen. OTOH, I live in Alberta where a kid who was picked on (and I believe he had a heart problem as well) killed one kid and injured another. Everyone called it a rampage. Hmmm...it seems sad, it *did* happen here and I shudder to think of what that school is like now. The year after I graduated from my high school, teachers started carrying walkie talkies and cameras were put in. I'm so relieved...that I got out in time.
lord, how true...I am curious to find out why everyone thinks that growing up is a disease. Salon has had some good articles lately on the dosing of toddlers - come on ppl! these are mind altering drugs and you're giving them to a mind that isn't formed yet? I personally don't understand it...Jimmy's too loud, give him a pill. Aren't children supposed to be rambunctious? Aren't teens supposed to be a little angry and rebellious? It's not like kids metamorphasize out of a cocoon - they grow and learn. What will you do when they grow up and have turned into monsters beyond control?
BTW, anyone find it interesting, the relationship between www.soman.com and Aldous Huxley?
Gotta agree...if they're going to use it in schools, I'd like to see it in the post office and government offices as well. OTOH, I can't imagine anything more painful than having to sit on some guidance counsellor's couch and have to say things you don't want to...I'm so glad I'm out of high school. It's been five years, but what a difference the time makes...how pure everything seemed then.
OTOH, design people should know HTML. I've seen some pretty sites that could benefit from HTML - you know, the people who think mapping a 50KB image is no big deal. (cut it up!)
*g* ugly pages - isn't that 99% of Geocities?
I suppose another thing that irks me is that when people who call themselves "artists" or "designers" make some god awful background img that everyone and their dog uses, and throws readability out the window.
I think there is so much one needs to know to build on the web. FrontPage won't make you a brilliant HTML author either. To design properly, you must know how HTML actually works, and work with the limitations of the code. Using tables for design is a pretty big hack in itself, IMHO.
*g* this is exactly what I mean in my earlier posts about Lynda being like Martha Stewart:-) a good teacher can teach, but a good student must also be able to learn and explore on his own. If you think Lynda is the be all and end all of web design...*shakes head*
That's interesting, you could say the same about today's writers. A lot of them are not writing from personal experience, but are rather taught by writers who think they know what writing is.
I found Preparing Web Graphics useful, that's the book I have, especially the colour charts.
I guess what I also tried to say in my earlier post is that she has an incredible following, like Martha Stewart. I can imagine all these wannabes - and the sort of idea that sounds like "Be like me, buy my book" or "Buy this book and be elevated to web god/dess"
Shrug:-) I'm happy with my designs - utilitarian on my book site, and very graphic on my horse one.
I hate to say this, but I think Lynda is overhyped. Yes, her books are good, I own one myself ($5.99 in the bargain bin at London Drugs!) but as a woman, I can't get over her snotty, holier than thou tone. I think she's a skilled person who kind of let her popularity in the way....that and some parts of her website haven't been updated in ages. Just MHO. Perhaps it's something that comes out in print.
ROFL! I totally agree with you there. I am so totally unlike my family. I swear my real parents are out there somewhere;-) and I was switched at birth...but dang, I look too much like my dad. Oh well.;-)
I have to agree in most respects. A lot of Westerners believe that these countries are backwards for the wrong reasons and tossing technology their way is the solution. Remember how the Green Revolution was supposed to end world hunger? How about all that aid that can never get through because some military force destroys it? The reasons are so complex and believe me, having the net is not going to solve their problems anytime soon! Personally there is nothing sillier than to expect farm equipment that works here to work over there. If it breaks down, who on earth is going to fix it (providing that the farmer can AFFORD to fix it)
I'm sure an internet connection is the last thing people who are oppressed or starving are pining for:-)
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I have to agree. When I was a kid, I thought, just wait till I grow up, and other kids like me, and we'll all change things. Hasn't happened yet :( everything is still the same. I just don't have as much nuclear anxiety.
They also have a website - http://kidshelp.sympatico.ca - please use it! It is non judgemental and anonymous.
Oh sorry, you use cards in cribbage...it's kind of an old fogey game my then nerdy boyfriend taught me at the time, you move little pegs along the board...hmm...I haven't played it since then, I forget the rules...but it did involve cards. Even playing fish *inside* the library was a big no-no, Mr. Topolinsky hated cards with a passion...OTOH, he was a nice guy who would let us in early to use the computers and read the papers first. He had a big impact on my life, it was mostly because of him that I went into library science...he was pretty cool except for the card thing...this was in Edmonton, AB...five, six years ago? Man, what a a while ago that was...
Man, I totally forgot about those cheers where our school would "crush" and "defeat" some other team. I hated mandatory pep rallies. They were so loud and boring and I could never be a part of the good ol' 3-minute Hate :-)
2.Why not offer a help line for depressed kids rather than a snitch line? Canada has had the Kids' Help Phone for about 10 years now and it is wildly popular and successful, as well as ANONYMOUS
3.Rewarding kids is nothing new, but doesn't WAVE take corporate sponsorship to a new level? It's bad enough that there is so much advertising in schools, and I feel kids today are just being groomed to consume and consume since they day they're able to point "I want that".
4.One of my favourite authors once wrote about the indecency of being made to pee in a bottle "with the results potentially ruining your life forever" or something to that effect...is WAVE more interested in ruining lives or actually helping them?
LOL! my nerdy friends and I used to sit outside the library and play cribbage because, altho we were fair friends with the librarian, he thought cards were the tool of the devil. Sigh.
It is to me! I love that show, and it has Josey from the old British Who's Line is it Anyway (sorry, Drew can never replace Clive in a million years).
OTOH, it's kind of interesting that someone would make a documentary about it. I love Netscape, but is it worth a documentary, really? I don't know...maybe I've just become hard to so many net ideas going bust.
Yikes, Wired and Salon and Adbusters should know about this. I bet Jelly Belly has a stronger privacy policy.
*G* soman.com...oops, my Freudian slip is showing :-)
It was just one. However, another student was injured. It happened in Taber, a bit down south from where I live. A small town known for its corn.
:-) heheheheh! At the rate CSIS is loosing confidential documents in public places, maybe it won't happen. OTOH, I live in Alberta where a kid who was picked on (and I believe he had a heart problem as well) killed one kid and injured another. Everyone called it a rampage. Hmmm...it seems sad, it *did* happen here and I shudder to think of what that school is like now. The year after I graduated from my high school, teachers started carrying walkie talkies and cameras were put in. I'm so relieved...that I got out in time.
Smugness creates a sense of false security. If you are not on guard for your freedom, others will take it from you.
BTW, anyone find it interesting, the relationship between www.soman.com and Aldous Huxley?
Gotta agree...if they're going to use it in schools, I'd like to see it in the post office and government offices as well. OTOH, I can't imagine anything more painful than having to sit on some guidance counsellor's couch and have to say things you don't want to...I'm so glad I'm out of high school. It's been five years, but what a difference the time makes...how pure everything seemed then.
The irony of both names (mere coincidence?) is incredible. Why do I increasingly feel I live in a George Orwell book?
*g* ugly pages - isn't that 99% of Geocities?
I suppose another thing that irks me is that when people who call themselves "artists" or "designers" make some god awful background img that everyone and their dog uses, and throws readability out the window.
I think there is so much one needs to know to build on the web. FrontPage won't make you a brilliant HTML author either. To design properly, you must know how HTML actually works, and work with the limitations of the code. Using tables for design is a pretty big hack in itself, IMHO.
*g* this is exactly what I mean in my earlier posts about Lynda being like Martha Stewart :-) a good teacher can teach, but a good student must also be able to learn and explore on his own. If you think Lynda is the be all and end all of web design...*shakes head*
I found Preparing Web Graphics useful, that's the book I have, especially the colour charts.
I guess what I also tried to say in my earlier post is that she has an incredible following, like Martha Stewart. I can imagine all these wannabes - and the sort of idea that sounds like "Be like me, buy my book" or "Buy this book and be elevated to web god/dess"
Shrug
I hate to say this, but I think Lynda is overhyped. Yes, her books are good, I own one myself ($5.99 in the bargain bin at London Drugs!) but as a woman, I can't get over her snotty, holier than thou tone. I think she's a skilled person who kind of let her popularity in the way....that and some parts of her website haven't been updated in ages. Just MHO. Perhaps it's something that comes out in print.
ROFL! I totally agree with you there. I am so totally unlike my family. I swear my real parents are out there somewhere ;-) and I was switched at birth...but dang, I look too much like my dad. Oh well. ;-)
It was Maggie. (duh)
I agree. Coke is also a mining or steel making term, if I'm not mistaken.
Westerners believe that these countries are backwards for the wrong reasons and tossing technology their way is the solution. Remember how the Green Revolution was supposed to end world hunger? How about all that aid that can never get through because some military force destroys it?
The reasons are so complex and believe me, having the net is not going to solve their problems anytime soon! Personally there is nothing sillier than to expect farm equipment that works here to work over there. If it breaks down, who on earth is going to fix it (providing that the farmer can AFFORD to fix it)
I'm sure an internet connection is the last thing people who are oppressed or starving are pining for
True. Just try Hotmail.
Rebecca, as in the Daphne Du Maurier novel? That movie was excellent, pray and hope they never recolor it!