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Education is meant to be about learning

darryl — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:23:47 +0000

Today, the launch of the My School website occurred. It was heavily promoted, and given how controversial the scoring system and the way schools can be compared has been, it was always going to be a pretty obvious heavy first day of usage. It was very disappointing (albeit a little expected) to see that the site has [...]

A new mini blog for my gardening posts

darryl — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:52:35 +0000

I have decide to pull the gardening and self sufficiency section out of this blog. This week I set up www.goingabitgreen.com to run something a little more specific to the new adventures in self sufficiency for beginners. Will see how it goes. Only 1 post up but many more to come along the journey. If you have a [...]

Maunsell Haulage drivers should be shamed

darryl — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:52:07 +0000

Rant time. Name and shame time! On Saturday driving up the Bruce Highway, along with many other holiday-makers, I saw an absolute tragedy in the making. Keep in mind that when you are towing a big camping rig, you tend to be ever vigilant and a lot steadier in decision making than others, but none the [...]

Listening on the web for business 101

darryl — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:52:59 +0000

It happened again this week. I was discussing online strategies with a business, only to discover that they do not have even a basic listening program in place for electronic chatter about themselves. I realise that before online media came along it was extremely easy to stick your head in the sand. As long as sales [...]

Why your lack of morals might be forcing us into a nanny state!

darryl — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:25:09 +0000

I have two bees, one bonnet. The first bee. The #nocleanfeed debate / rage is up and running full fury. Thanks to a government that appears to want to ruin some of the freedoms, which have been fought for so strongly over time. I hate the idea very much! I understand the rage and the well thought out [...]