Friday, December 05, 2003

Now this is funny! Medieval tapestries set to modern day themes at Something Awful. ROFLMAO!

Monday, December 01, 2003

Here's a story I saw on Slashdot that talks about the strange irony that computers are making test scores worse. "One of the most common selling points for computers in schools, even in first and second grades, is to prepare youngsters for tomorrow's increasingly high-tech jobs. Strangely, this may be the computer evangels' greatest hoax. When business leaders talk about what they need from new recruits, they hardly mention computer skills, which they find they can teach employees relatively easily on their own. Employers are most interested in what are sometimes called "soft" skills: a deep knowledge base and the ability to listen and communicate; to think critically and imaginatively; to read, write and figure, and other capabilities that schools are increasingly neglecting." I have to strongly agree.