The Blood is The Life 11-01-2012

[miss_s_b]

• Londonkds has a grim reading of what happens to the Thals in Who Canon....
  ... which I think is disturbingly plausible
  (tags: doctorwho )
  
  
• Qwghlm on why narrow focus is bad in teaching.
  He talks specifically about code here, but I think this could apply to pretty much any subject area; teaching kids to think and problem-solve is more important than teaching by rote.
  (tags: education )
  
  
• Andrew Ducker corrects a commonly held misconception.
  Labour do not tend to win elections because of Scotland
  (tags: politics )
  
  
• Chinese Britons have put up with racism for too long
  I'm shocked but not totally surprised by this
  (tags: racism )
  
  
• Jesus and Mo pit student groups against each other
  Surprised that nobody has made the point that Mo is not a depiction of the prophet, but a depiction of a lookalike....
  (tags: atheism education )
  
  
• The Phoenix Comic
  This looks really interesting, if somewhat worthy. Unfortunately none of my local newsagents are stocking it. Has anyone actually SEEN a copy?
  (tags: comics )
  
  
• The Burger Lab: Revisiting the Myth of The 12-Year Old McDonald's Burger That Just Won't Rot (Testing Results!) | A Hamburger Today
  YAY food science!
  (tags: science food )
  
  
• Chicken Yoghurt calls Time
  I shall miss Justin's wit. And his randomised scans from classic 2000ad. Nobody else gives Devlin Waugh the prominence he deserves....
  (tags: )
  
  

Comments

[sir_guinglain]

A few sample pages of The Phoenix were given away with The Times on Saturday. The full comic is only available, IIRC, from Waitrose supermarkets, or on subscription, which shows what a risky venture it is.

[miss_s_b]

But there isn't a Waitrose near me :(

[andrewducker]

It worked. Yay!

[gominokouhai]

> Labour do not tend to win elections because of Scotland

So if we pull up the drawbridge we're not throwing you to the wolves quite as badly as I thought. Makes me feel a little better.

I see the Blood is flowing again; this is good.

[miss_s_b]

Thank you. And I'm still tempted to move up there; it can't be worse economically than Yorkshire, and it's far more interesting politically.

[gominokouhai]

You know what they say, Lieutenant: be careful what you wish for.

[miss_s_b]

Well, there'd be a fair few of us and at least one dog coming up if we did, and my mum would probably never forgive me...

[gominokouhai]

Plenty of good dog-walking country up here. And your mum can come too. Probably safer for her pension if she does.

Thus Speaks All Of Scotland.

[andrewducker]

We have PR and everything!

[daweaver]

Not only are the links flowing again, but the first one in forever is Dr Who. Normal service is resumed. Welcome back.

Here's comics artist Lew Stringer's review of The Phoenix 1. And some comments of variable quality. The comic I've not seen, seeing as how the nearest Waitrose is an hour's walk away. Lew's blog, that I do recommend.

[miss_s_b]

Yes, that blog does look interesting; I shall stick it on my feeds.

[drunkwriter]

It's an incredibly poor and hurried article written before work, but my Helium piece on changes to the ICT curriculum today includes my thoughts on the subject from the perspective of a frustrated French teacher.