Linkeracy – 21st June

Poetry 180 has a poem for every day of the (American High School) year.

Welcome to Poetry 180. Poetry can and should be an important part of our daily lives. Poems can inspire and make us think about what it means to be a member of the human race. By just spending a few minutes reading a poem each day, new worlds can be revealed.

It’s definitely a site that needs a good look.

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Newish CD / DVD technology originally developed by HP – LightScribe discs are able to have designed etched on them by the writer itself. Check out the Wikipedia article for more information. I’ve made a few lightscribed discs recently and they can look stunning. NZ Teachers if you have an HP S/TELA laptop – you might just have a LightScribe capable writer – all you need are the disks

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Pendrivelinux for Linux on a 1GB flash drive. With the price of memory keys these days this is super easy to do. Too bad that I just downloaded Ubuntu Server, Desktop and Edubuntu and need to keep an eye on my broadband cap. :(

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Photoshop Disasters is a great laugh. Look for missing bellybuttons, bad reflections and the strangest shaped limbs. Not always safe for the work internet connection.

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I came very close to uninstalling Firefox 3 when I discovered that Tab Mix Plus wasn’t going to work. Then I found a development version of the extension and browser sanity was restored. I can’t surf happily without my favourite extension.

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And, lastly, in the spirit of something for everyone … here is a YouTube for the littlies. Totlol is a moderated aggregation of videos suitable for 6 month old babies to six year old children. Not that many under two year old that I have met have wanted to sit down long enough to watch something on a screen (and long may that continue).

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