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[catalyst] Useful resources on copyright

The origin of drongo : an Australian racehorse called Drongo during the early 1920s. He had 5 starts in 1923, 15 starts in 1924, and 17 starts in 1925. He scored no wins.

Sanity returns (a little bit) – In denying more than $700,000 to three pedestrians who had sued, the NSW Court of Appeal ruled yesterday that people had to take reasonable care for their own safety when walking on surfaces with obvious imperfections.

J.K. Rowling, asked by an interviewer about the next Harry Potter book: “Well, it will be a papery object with pages inside.”

Elton John fansite – eltonography

One namesake of mine is a frequent-flyer legend for converting chocolate pudding into over 1,000,000 frequent flyer miles. (I think I posted this when I first found out about it in ’99)

[camworld] These are very cool uses of the HTML “form” element: each is a game that works within the button using javascript: check out the gamebutton arcade

Not sure how well this joke will transcribe, as it’s all in the timing, but let’s give it a try: A: Knock, Knock. B: Who’s There? A: The interrupting cow B: The interrupting cow… A (interrupting): moo! B: who?

Principles of Constructivism Instruction must be concerned with the experiences and contexts that make the student willing and able to learn (readiness). Instruction must be structured so that it can be easily grasped by the student (spiral organization). Instruction should be designed to facilitate extrapolation and or fill in the gaps (going beyond the information …

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This was hard to find; not the original, american version of the show that originally appeared on captain kangaroo, but the Australian version of The Toothbrush Family.