According to rumours Microsoft is going to launch the second version of Surface with the tag of Surface 2. The event of Microsoft will take ...
The Google in Education K-12 summit and an optional pre-summit one day workshop are taking place this month. Join us!
In a couple of week's time, on 26th and 27th September , SchoolNet and Parklands College are hosting the first Google in Education K-1...
Stoves!!
Can you believe that it is that cold that we are looking at buying a stove by the end of September?! We even put the thermostat on the unde...
Elkanah Superstars return from the Microsoft Office Specialist Worldwide Competition held in Washington
This is a guest post from one of our SchoolNet members, Linda Foulkes, from Elkanah House High in Cape Town. Two of her students were chose...
Let's Get Random Y'all
Hola y’all! I don’t have shit for ya so it’s time for some random thoughts… When are acid washed jeans gonna come back into style? I always ...
The eve of 9/11
It's the day before September 11th. This year marks 12 years since that beautiful September day when terrorists attacked America, killin...
Long-Term Promise: More Cash! Less Work!
The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of real currency in circulation per American nonfarm payroll employee (July 2013 dolla...
The Consumer: New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries - NYT
In early March 2009, Erin Izumi, a woman in her 30s from Tacoma, Wash., underwent robotically assisted surgery to treat endometriosis. The o...
Hard Cases: Penicillin Allergies Overblown - NYT
The woman with the swollen red leg was selling us one bill of goods after another. She said she had stopped injecting drugs years before; th...
Breaking: Right to work struck down in Indiana
Great news! An Indiana judge just ruled the state's right-to-work-for-less law is unconstitutional!! The Associated Press has the story...
Boyd, Mudcat ... 2013's odd political climate in Virginia
The political climate in Virginia continues to get curiouser and curiouser on an almost daily basis and, today, it clouded yet again. Two we...
World of Warcraft: Patch 5.4 Siege of Orgrimmar
Highlights of Patch 5.4: The Siege of Orgrimmar: Vale of Eternal Blossoms is destroyed. Taran Zhu warned long ago that the new visi...
Open health innovation | opensource.com
The future of health is open The stories we share here are inspired by health innovation from around the globe. We bring to life how technol...
Miracle babies, wounded soldiers, and hurricane victims: Grim and uplifting articles about hospitals. - Slate Magazine
From the Maternity Ward to the Autopsy Room The Longform guide to hospitals. http://www.slate.com/articles/life/longform/2013/08/miracle_bab...
Peak American Labor per Capita
Click to enlarge. The record high of 11.03 hours per capita was set in April of 2000 . I see very little evidence that a new record will eve...
Rich, entitled jerks really ARE rich, entitled jerks
The ultra-wealthy really are self-centered entitled jerks and the U.S. Senate only pays attention to them, not the rest of us. You probably...
Monday, Monday
A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates: This week's dose features the High School Extension with "Crinkled Wall" in Kufstein,...
Hours Worked (Musical Tribute)
The following chart shows the 24-month moving average of average weekly hours of private production and non-supervisory employees. I have ad...
Augusta County Library offers Geocaching class
Looking to find out more about Geocaching? Stop by the Augusta County Library in Fishersville Thursday evening and hear all about it: Do yo...
BWAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!
This is just too cool. In response to the planned “Million Muslim March” in Washington, D.C., on 9/11, bikers announced their own rival 2 Mi...
City Modern NYC
City Modern , a "showcase [of the] the best of New York's design scene with studio tours, panel discussions, cocktail parties, spe...
Pondering thoughts
And before anybody gets all huffy about this... it's another cathartic post. I'm sorting thoughts, nothing more. I'm not looki...