I have prepared some appetizers, some food for thought throughout this week before the keynote. If you have a little time, please throw in your two cents. The questions will be posted in the various social media (twitter, Facebook, lists) and collected for the conference. You can post the answer here, on the wiki (open) … Read more
An internet meme is a a term coined by Richard Dawkins to describe songs, catch phrases, clothes fashions, or other cultural information passed from person to person) that is passed over the internet by word of mouth.(Wikipedia) Rita Zeinstejer, a friend from Argentina, has just invited to take part in one of these. The idea … Read more
Beewebhead’s Web Originally uploaded by beewebhead. This is the graph for Bee-coming a Webhead and I have made another one for my other blog at WordPress. It’s fun to see the little dots expanding and connecting. Both look like an informal English landscape garden, full of flowers. I wonder what the different colours mean and … Read more
While surfing on the net, trying to find a personality test for my classes I came across this one, which is quite interesting. It gives you 126 questions to answer and the results display a number of nouns and adjectives. Fun exercise in reading. I have answered TRUTHFULLY and here are my results. Do they … Read more
Recovered from Augustine’s blog. This is what I do when I am prevented from going to the countryside on weekends :-). I just must get culturally involved in the urban area when not in contact with inspiring natural environments. Yesterday I took a class to see Henry Moore’s exhibition (had already visited it twice) and … Read more
I have just completed some of those quizzes you get online… Although I am not a native speaker of English, What Kind of American English Do You Speak? suggests the following linguistic profile: 55% General American English 30% Yankee 10% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern My inner European is French, my taste in music … Read more
Nate posted this quiz on his blog and I decided to have a go. The first time, surprise, surprise: I thought some of it was not very becoming so decided to try it again, changing some of the previous choices (had to let go the red ancient dragon and the blue diamonds among others), and … Read more
