Rule #15
There's a song about this one. Today's Gratitude Item: Loads of books to read. I love the holidays :)
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September 30, 2016
Rule #11
The trick is in choosing what knowledge to acquire. Today's Gratitude Item: The first 'real' day of summer. I know that summer officially starts in December but the weather today…
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September 29, 2016
Rule #12
I really hate it when people attribute the results of hard work to 'luck'. Today's Gratitude Item: Finally managing to create two metallic dreidels using Blender. Having to relearn how…
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September 28, 2016
It’s Not Rocket Science
I often say this to my students - especially when they overthink a problem. Today's Gratitude Item: Finally getting a problematic vector accepted on Shutterstock. It's a long story involving…
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September 27, 2016
Rule #6
This one really applies to kids who don't try at all. If they do try, they will eventually succeed (even if a bit of failure is necessary first). Today's Gratitude…
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September 26, 2016
Do it!
This one is not an official rule in my class. It came close but one of my students plagiarised and then quoted this 'rule' as an excuse. So it got…
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September 25, 2016
Rule #7
I'm pretty sure I've made something quite similar to this in the past... Today's Gratitude Item: Getting home safely after an enjoyable night out that involved going to see a…
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September 24, 2016
Rule #8
This could be good advice for life in general. Today's Gratitude Item: Being on holiday! For the first time this year I'm not worrying about having to urgently create resources…
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September 23, 2016
Rule #1
Advice for students! I wish more of mine would adhere to this one. Today's Gratitude Item: InDesign's 'update link' feature. It made my life easier today in that something that…
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September 22, 2016
Elegance…
Advice for life in general and Computer Science in particular. Not officially one of my rules but not a bad statement either. Today's Gratitude Item: Getting my hands on a…
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September 21, 2016