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A Fine Whine Will Get You An A Grade

May 30th, 2007 · 3 Comments

From The Onion: “This just goes to show that if you whine longer and harder than the rest of your classmates, you can achieve your goals.” Following a lengthy two-hour conversation with Wagner, Principal Ron Schroyer named him Class of 2007 valedictorian. [link] It may be The Onion, but in my teaching experience, students are [...]

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Google Gets Some Street Cred

May 30th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Google Maps has just released a new feature: Street View. This lets you get really down ‘n dirty and actually check out pictures of a neighbourhood at street-level, as if you were walking around. It’s pretty cool – you can pan, zoom and even move in intervals of around 100 feet (or so). The pics [...]

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