7: data. data data data. UPDATE: videos up! Prezis from the talks are available here. The next coupla months are gonna be busy. Just warning you. There is going to be MUCH nerdnite-related awesomeness happening. But for now! It’s about data. As usual, it’s happening on a Monday – the 19th September, to be precise. Aaaaand, some of our speakers for the evening are, in no particular order: The extended mind Matt Boyd Traditionally materialists (i.e. those who don’t believe in spooky stuff like souls) have taken the brain to be the object of study when we want to learn about the mind.
In many cases it is only a kind of brain-bias that prevents us from calling these information processing acts ‘thought’ and counting the external objects as parts of our minds. I will introduce the idea of the ‘extended mind’ and suggest that this way of thinking about the way we think, raises interesting questions about who owns various thoughts, and the impact of technology on our minds.
Gimme the cache! David Preece Musical outro! Dr. Aboriginal Navigation. International Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19th. Thar be pirate sites galore on the World Wide Web, and we're not about t'try t'list 'em all. Here's a smatterin' o' sites that have captured our fancy. If ye've got another (and would like to swap links), give our webwench a holler.
Our is simple: If you've got genuine pirate-related content, we'll link to you. If you're looking for a generic link exchange to raise your auto parts/computer sales/kitchen furniture site's rank in the search engines, piss off. If you call yourself an "SEO expert", see No. 2. Generally speaking, we don't sell ads, and we don't do banner exchanges, although if you'd like to offer us great gobs of money, we'll consider the offer.
The webwench has been spring cleaning, getting rid o' all the dusty old dead links and reorganizin' things a bit. First things first: Our close personal friend and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, Dave Barry His Miami Herald column The column that started the madness His blog Official Talk Like A Pirate Day Fan Page "Official" TLAPD sites. International Talk Like A Pirate Day. This whole thing started as a grownup lark, but that hasn't stopped teachers all over the place from using Talk Like A Pirate Day as an excuse to get in a little actual pirate history.
Here are some resources for teachers who'd like to introduce their students to pirattitude. New for 2012: Special Education classes, especially classes for kids who cannot speak, can use the free version of Fat Cat Pirate Chat to talk like a pirate and speak silly piratical phrases. The free version comes with 60 phrases. (More phrases are available for in-app purchase, but the free version is enough for lots of classroom fun.)
Still prime: A bunch of New Zealand teachers with pirattitude have launched a PirateWiki where teachers can share their pirate-themed lesson plans, activities, links and more! Lesson plans from actual teachers in actual schools From Kimberly Roos, St. I would be so happy to share the lesson I planned for the big day. Avast me hearties!!! Language Arts lesson plan for 4th-6th graders: SKA Rutherford Innovation Showcase » Rutherford Innovation Showcase.