http://www.shortandsarcastic.co.uk random thoughts and ramblings Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:03:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A bit late, but sharing the photo slideshow of my Canada trip. Want to go back already.... http://www.shortandsarcastic.co.uk/2009/09/what-i-did-on-my-holidays/ Well... I entered Fancy Dress Friday on Twitter for the first time this week. I used a photograph from a fancy dress party that I went to a few years back of me dressed as the Grim Reaper. I painted the bones myself onto a black long sleeved top and black ... http://www.shortandsarcastic.co.uk/2009/09/fancy-dress-friday/ Great clip from Dara O'Briain's stand up show. "Well we tested herbal medicine .. and the ones that worked, became medicine. And the rest is a nice bowl of soup and some pot pourri" http://www.shortandsarcastic.co.uk/2009/08/dara-obriain-on-homeopathy/ Priceless sketch on last night's That Mitchell and Webb Look http://www.shortandsarcastic.co.uk/2009/07/homeopathic-ae-ftw/ This quote from Douglas Adams came up during a radio interview with Baroness Greenfield who has been currently wittering on about computers probably rotting our brains, albeit with a complete lack of evidence or research to back up her "chilling warnings". It's from "How to stop worrying and learn to love ... http://www.shortandsarcastic.co.uk/2009/06/thought-for-the-day/ Gordon Brown today unveils the only cabinet he can trust... Thanks to @Porchester on Twitter for the idea. http://www.shortandsarcastic.co.uk/2009/06/brown-unveils-new-cabinet/ Today is the 20th anniversary of a moment that will live long in the memory of any Arsenal fan. The night we went to Anfield needing to win by 2 goals, which we did with almost the last kick of the game. Michael Thomas will always be an Arsenal legend ... http://www.shortandsarcastic.co.uk/2009/05/it-was-20-years-ago-today/ I was half way through a day delivering a course on how to use Web 2.0 in the classroom when I saw a headline on the BBC news website that stopped me in my tracks for a second: Probe into Teacher Twitter Posts. I was gobsmacked when I read it. Now ... http://www.shortandsarcastic.co.uk/2009/05/twittering-teacher-trouble/ There are some things that make me bloody angry.. and the MMR Hoax is one of them. The MMR/Autism research by Wakefield was seriously flawed in the first place and leapt upon by a horde of journalists and celebrity columnists without a science qualification between them. No actual studies have ... http://www.shortandsarcastic.co.uk/2009/05/the-mail-and-mmr/ Trying to produce a blog that is slightly more useful than this one. I'll probably keep this one for some of the more frivolous things that come to mind. But for now, if you want to read more about how to use Interactive Whiteboards in education, then please go here: www.whiteboardblog.co.uk ... http://www.shortandsarcastic.co.uk/2008/01/whiteboard-blog/