Gallimaufry
Dr Johnson defined gallimaufry as 1. A hoch-poch ... 2. Any inconsistent or ridiculous medley. ... Here's another hoch-poch, or hotch-potch (though, of course, not a hotchpot) of links Continue Reading
A judicial perspective on mobile phones
By rmay (also here) on Toonpool: Image: Defendant standing in front of a judge. Caption: Judge: "... plus thirty days for not turning off your damn cell phone". Bonus link: Roy Continue Reading
Technology, students and universities
There are some - related - articles in today's Irish Independent on themes which have featured on this blog. A report published yesterday by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) shows that the number Continue Reading
Phones in the theatre
On the sin of mobile or cell phones ringing in class, here's a YouTube clip of Hugh Jackman stopping a performance because a phone is going off (and remains unanswered and unsilenced for quite a long Continue Reading
The sins of academics and students
The current edition of Times Higher Education (I can't get used to this odd title, I keep wanting to add "Supplement"; but it was dropped some time ago, so I must resist the temptation) has articles Continue Reading
Mobile phones, again
Given my views about mobile phones in class, I'm grateful to John Naughton for his post about this YouTube clip: Continue Reading
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