Dalango
A star is born. Dalango is a brand-new web-based series of language courses (English, Business English, Spanish). 1/2 a year in the works, a major investment (so they say), Spotlight Verlag inside expertise and cool young dudes and gals bringing in new media ideas, some 300 minutes worth of good videos based on great scripts, […]
They may take our lives…
… but they’ll never take our … Independence Day.
wordle
“Wordle” processes all of the words in a text – in this case a blogpost of mine – and presents them based on how often the words appear. Fun software for a language lover! Try the app at www.wordle.net yourself. Copy in a text of your own and see if you like being confronted with […]
Paying for Web 2.0, part 1
Steve Hargadon, the man who was the consultant to the social networking service Ning in Education, is out of his paid job due to the economic downturn. (See his blogpost Thanks, Ning.) I’m almost ashamed to admit that I have taken this great service for granted, to the extent that I didn’t use it nearly […]
Of cats, moons and water
Another beautiful animated film discovered by Belli. Pedro Serrazina won three prizes for Estoria do gato e de lua, which he made in 1994 (5:24). Animation: Yann Thual. Music: Manuel Tentugal. Narrator: Joaquim de Almeida. My only criticism: Cats may be fascinated by water, but they don’t swim at all! How does the cat survive that lunge […]
Raconteurs
The storytellers brought together very different sounds on their second album “Consolers Of The Lonely” (’08, RS review), nominated for a Grammy, including the pretty “Old enough”, now out in a nice bluegrass version. “Salute your Solution” rocks harder, and Jack’s white noise would give me a headache if he weren’t so brilliant. What a […]
Logic
I teach essay writing, and have found the following summary to be very helpful in getting students to think about their arguments: Fundamentals for logical analysis 1. Always remember never to say always and never (and all and none, and everyone and nobody). Reasonable thinking should be reflected in reasonable language. All-inclusive statements can rarely […]
