Faith and Science

The word “faith” is not appropriate here in conjunction with “science”. http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/opinion/csg-row-eroding-faith-in-science/story-e6frerdf-1226243169022?sv=572ecd063427d745cee7b9c5494a6b49 Science is not a belief system, rather its credibility rests on applied, objective skepticism. Every idea is tested, remaining a theory till proven by weight of evidence which has been peer reviewed. When scientists can once more work with some protection and funding …

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Moon and Jupiter

Noah and Amelie saw the Moon and Jupiter (plus 4 moons) through my old telescope this evening. The 4.5″ reflector was a valued present from my Om (uncle) Jan when I was about 14. Mum carried the bazoooka-looking tube as hand luggage on 3 flights from Europe. Those were carefree days of travel! Then mum …

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Jupiter plus 4

Showed Noah (5 yo) the night sky through a telescope for the first time. Astonished after looking at Jupiter with 4 of its moons, he noticed how fast the stars were moving. “Why are the stars moving, dad?” “We’ll the stars aren’t moving so much as the Earth is rotating.” “The earth is rotating!?”, he …

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First Javascript/HTML5 Project

I’ve just written my first Javascript/CSS/html5 video gallery project. I’ve been using my unemployedness to take some web design courses. I am truly amazed at what can be done these days with webpages. There’s even an open source alternative to Dreamweaver now (Aptana) and, along with Gimp, WordPress and Moodle, we have some powerful free …

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Shadow Box Test

67160_01_05_SC11_finish intro Bumblebee google http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTIJ_q7UdYA

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I teach English as a second language and I also have a technical background.  So I often help engineers, pilots, medical and legal people who come to work in Australia from a non-English speaking background.

I also teach wedding dances, explore web technology, and run various websites using Word Press and Moodle.

ABC – Winning the Homework Wars … and comments

I was horrified at the comments posted to a reasonable article here: http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2012/02/21/3432588.htm I’m not sure if my response will get published but here ’tis. Some commenters here need to get a grip. Homework helps develop skills that will benefit the child for the rest of their life.  It’s not just what is done, but …

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Shadow Box Test

67160_01_05_SC11_finish intro Bumblebee google http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTIJ_q7UdYA

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