How Dead is My Mouse?

The mouse has been around for a long time now. Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse in 1963 while working at the Stanford Research Institute and it has been a part of our computing since 1981. The mouse and the development of GUI certainly made our computing lives more friendly and easier (anybody out there still [...]

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Blogging – What’s the big deal?

We are living in an age when changes in communications, storytelling and information technologies are reshaping almost every aspect of contemporary life — including how we create, consume, learn, and interact with each other. A whole range of new technologies enable consumers to archive, annotate, appropriate, and recirculate media content and in the process, these [...]

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What’s with all the Lego™?

Lego™ used to be the stuff I stood on in the middle of the night going to the loo….%$#@* – kids and their bloody Lego! But not anymore. It’s now your pathway to self expression. Have a look at what you can do with Lego and what else can you do with Lego? Now perhaps [...]

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The Whip Finisher or How I Grew to Love YouTube

Not long ago I decided to expand the range of my fishing activities and try Fly Fishing. It looked challenging, fun and takes place in not unpleasant surroundings. Part of the attraction was also the idea of making my own flys. They are beautiful and artful designs in their own right and usually have a [...]

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