Secret gov't source tells ABC News: 'Get new cellphones' ABC News has a very disturbing report today, at least for reporters and anyone else who believe that whistleblowers serve an important role in safeguarding American democracy. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
10 Things You Might Not Know About Google Did you know Google stopped counting their index size? From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Google Calendar Notifier 2.1 Released (Firefox Extension) I would like to thank everyone on Digg for a successful release of version 1.3 a few weeks back - I have taken all of your suggetions and bug reports into consideration for this current version. The best news of all: Multiple Calendar Support! From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Biggest map of universe reveals colossal structures Giant structures stretching more than a billion light years across have been revealed by two new maps of the distribution of galaxies in the universe. The updated atlases lend more support to the idea that the universe is dominated by dark matter and dark energy. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Guide to mounting Windows partitions under Kubuntu A short guide with pictures on how to put windows partitions on your desktop. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
MTV Launches Online Music, Video Store For years, MTV Networks Inc. sat on the sidelines while Apple Computer Inc., RealNetworks Inc. and others racked up sales of music downloads. Now the cable network group that helped popularize music videos two decades ago is entering the online music fray with URGE, a new service that makes its public beta debut on Wednesday. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
The Fallout from Sony's E3 Press Conference Sony has announced a very expensive PlayStation 3. Will history repeat itself, and crown a new console champion? From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
A zero energy home in Oklahoma The first zero energy home costing less than $200,000 has been built in Oklahoma. This house produces as much energy as it consumes in a year and combines "renewable energy technologies with advanced energy-efficient construction." This environmentally friendly house is just a prototype and not yet available for sale. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
I don't want my MTV Remind me again: Why am I paying $50 a month for services I don't want? Oh, that's right. Because the cable TV monopolists say I have to. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Run classic TIE FIGHTER on new Win XP Machines!!! It's a well-known tragedy that LucasArts has never really made an effort to keep their old DOS games playable on new computers. This tutorial steps you through the few things you need to play TIE FIGHTER and XWING, the classic DOS versions with SOUND and everything. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Debian Sarge (3.1) with Ruby on Rails and Apache 2 with FastCGI This howto will step you through installing Debian (Sarge) with Ruby on Rails and Apache 2 with FastCGI managed with ISPConfig. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Make Seawater Drinkable Using Wind Power A new design that eliminates the losses that arise from energy conversion may successfully couple the two abundant natural resources to produce potable water at an attractive cost. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Sucking Face is Healthy Besides the obvious pleasure kissing brings to so many, research shows this activity to be healthy, especially to those suffering from allergies. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Rice with Human Gene Causes Furor A tiny biosciences company is developing a promising drug to fight diarrhea, a scourge among babies in the developing world, but it has made an astonishing number of powerful enemies because it grows the experimental drug in rice genetically engineered with a human gene. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Wii Tennis: Spielberg vs. Miyamoto! Film maker Steven Spielberg and game maker Shigeru Miyamoto played a game of tennis at this years E3, and they sure look excited. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
How I Broke The Confederate Code (137 Years Too Late) A very interesting read about a former NSA cryptologist cracking a confederate code from the Civil War. Rather topical in light of the recent cracking of some WWII enigma codes, the current NSA stories in the news and, of course, all the "cryptography" in the imminent release of the Da Vinci Code. Interesting stuff. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Proprtions - How Small We Really Are Basically it's models of the stars in our solar system that give a sense of perspective. But you got to see it to understand why it's so diggworthy. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Spore Coming to Consoles In an interview with GameSpy, Spore creator Will Wright mentioned that the game will be released in April/May 2007 for the PC, and then afterwards will be ported to cell phones, and all consoles. He even went onto commenting about the consoles themselves, showing a bit more enthusiasm for the Wii than the PS3. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
History of Console Prices: PS3 Isn't The Highest. This post on Curmudgeon stacks up historic console prices, in both relative and absolute terms. 600 clams is still expensive, but it's not the highest. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Pirate Windows? Buy The Retail Version at a $100 Discount Users running illegal copies of Windows XP are being offered discounted purchase prices From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Creative sues Apple over iPod interface Looks like Creative is going after Apple for its iPod interface From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Running Windows on Linux I wonder why anyone wants to do that? But it might come handy when you do. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Nintendo Shares See Wii Benefits Nintendo shares have soared after its new console stole the show at the E3 games expo in Los Angeles. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
The New Wireless Wars: FCC "Auction 66" Expected To Bring In $15 Billion "Scheduled to kick off on June 29, it's shaping up to be much more than just another sale of the airwaves by the Federal Communications Commission. It involves the biggest chunk of wireless spectrum ever to come up for auction in the U.S., worth an estimated $8 billion to $15 billion." From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
How To Test Firefox Builds And The Tools You Need To Do It This is a great guide that was put together to inform people on how they can test Firefox builds (even nightly builds) and what tools they should use to do it. It walks you through a lot of information that you should know if you are testing a Firefox build. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
What the world would look like without the RIAA This is what the RIAA is _really_ worried about: a new business model for bands. This band, called "The Fall" gets most of its promotion work done for free by its online community. Imagine what would happen if this continues to spread -- no big nasty record labels, no nasty RIAA. Just bands, music and fans. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
GMail Downgraded, No Longer Cracks PDFs "Gmail has crippled its "View as HTML" functionality so as to comply with Adobe's PDF copy-control scheme." From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Ecstasy allows cancer victim to spend final days at peace After a 40-year virtual ban on research involving psychedelic drugs, scientists look anew at their potential in treating pain and anxiety From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
MySpace to Offer of TV Show '24' News Corp.' MySpace.com next week plans to begin offering $1.99-an-episode downloads of two seasons of the popular Fox drama "24." It also will offer free downloads of two episodes of "24" sponsored by Burger King Holdings. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 9:30 p.m..
Dusting for Digital Fingerprints Hidden folders, "deleted"files and internet caches hide clues criminals never knew they left behind. - Popularmechanics From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
How Trustworthy Is Your OS? Several vendors, including Red Hat, Sun Microsystems and Novell, are responding by adding and/or improving trusted elements in their operating system offerings. From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Nintendo Wii E3 Round-up The amount of news reported on the Nintendo Wii is great, but it's everywhere, in small bits on various blogs. So here's a run-down of the essential news, with links to blogs of interest and some of the video highlights. Enjoy. From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Verizon being sued for $5 Billion over NSA spying I'm not a big fan of lawsuits, but I'd say Verizon and the other Telcos (Bellsouth and AT&T) need to be held accountable for giving or selling data to the NSA. Credit to dslreports.com for finding the story. From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Moola’s Interesting Business Model "Moola is a new website, in private beta, that puts two visitors up against each other in a simple Flash game. The interesting thing about the site is that people are playing for real money." From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Apple's iPhone: it's for real! Nihon Keizai Shimbun said that Softbank president, Masayoshi Son and Apple CEO, Steve Jobs had met and reached a basic agreement on the partnership, and that they would release a 3G iPhone for the Japanese market sometime in 2006. From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Dvorak: Consumers Lose in DVD Format War By the end of this year, we'll see exactly which next-generation optical media will be on our desktop computers. Or will we? From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
How To Set Up A Loadbalanced High-Availability Apache Cluster This tutorial shows how to set up a two-node Apache web server cluster that provides high-availability. In front of the Apache cluster we create a load balancer that splits up incoming requests between the two Apache nodes. Our load balancer will in fact consist out of two load balancer nodes that monitor each other using heartbeat. From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Sound Neutralzing Technology 'Confuses' Abusive/Racist Chants at Stadiums During tests of the prototype system, volunteers were surrounded by loudspeakers simulating the sound of a chanting crowd and were asked join in. But one speaker replayed the crowds chant with a short delay. When the delay was greater than 200 milliseconds the volunteers found it too difficult to chant coherently From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
What's The Secret Sauce in Ruby on Rails? Rails isn't a better hammer; it's a different kind of tool. This article explores the compromises and design decisions that went into making Rails so productive within its niche. From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Life After the Video Game Crash The PS3 is too expensive, the 360 isn't selling outside the USA, and 75% of homes don't have an HDTV. Could this spell disaster for the gaming industry? This article makes a good case. From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Review of Google's Desktop 4 The most recent version, Desktop 3, released last winter, was maddeningly close to being very cool. It struck me that how Google addressed its shortcomings in Desktop 4 would say something about the maturity of the company. From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Treo 700p Coming Today 05.15.06, Confirmed! Wireless carriers looking to sell more high-speed data subscriptions could get a boost from Palm's new smartphone, which the company will announce today (05.15.06). From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
'Star quakes' shed light on the life cycle of stars Star vibrations have allowed scientists to make the first direct measurement of a star's age. And they've opened the door to stellar laboratories that will help us understand more about processes that are difficult to study on Earth. From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Microsoft Gets It "I never thought I'd actually write those three words. However, I'm not talking about operating systems or Windows Media. I'm talking about games—and not just about the Xbox 360, but let's begin there, anyway." From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
PhotoBucket Gets $10.5 Million Investment PhotoBucket, the company that drives 2% of total Internet traffic, will announce a $10.5 million Series B round on Tuesday. From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Sony PSP brings camera to party "One really impressive peripheral on show today is the upcoming PSP camera. It’s behind glass at the show, but the pic gives an idea of how cool this thing is gonna be when it arrives in September..." From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Microsoft to market PC games aggressively. After a bit of neglect for PC games in favor of their consoles Microsoft is getting serious about computer games again. The article also mentions that DirectX10 will allow parents to lockout games based on ESRB ratings From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
SkypeOut now FREE for US & Canada! Yes. It is really very, very free. There’s no prepayment, no minimum use, no subscription, no monthly fee, no nothing. You just download and install Skype and then you start calling. Both the caller and the number called must be in either the US or Canada. There are no strings attached. From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
Apple fixes 43 security flaws in Mac OS X, QuickTime Apple Computer's security update train rumbled into the station late May 11 with fixes for a whopping 43 Mac OS X and QuickTime vulnerabilities. If you have a Mac, be sure to run Software Update From on May 15, 2006 at 2:47 p.m..
How Linux is hurting Microsoft Many enterprises use a mix of open source and proprietary software. But there's one place where Linux in particular threatens to impinge on Windows' dominance. Quocirca's Bob Tarzey explains. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
New PC Gaming Tech: Physics Accelerator Video Cards The latest idea to hit PC gaming is the physics accelerator, a device that will speed up calculations that have nothing to do with drawing more triangles, but will instead assist in figuring out the math behind objects that explode, shatter, bounce, crash, and otherwise behave in interesting ways. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Adult film industry is way ahead of Hollywood on tech curve, again. It's another first for adult film companies that pioneered the home video market and rushed to the Internet when Hollywood studios still saw it as a threat. Direct download to DVD starting Monday. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
How to scan your Linux-Distro for Root Kits Do you suspect that you have a compromised system ? Check now for root kits that the intruder may have installed !!! . From digg on May 15, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
3-D NYC buildings from Google Earth printed out on a 3D printer The 3D buildings OGLE'd from Google Earth are not ready to be 3D printed off the bat. Each building is a composition of multiple vertical volumes that have walls and a ceiling but no floor. By computationally (i.e. hacked up OBJ-file-processing perl script!) copying all of the roof polygons to floor polygons, we got the job done: From digg on May 15, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Sensors Without Batteries "Smith and his team are addressing this problem not by working on longer-lasting batteries but by trying to eliminate the need for batteries altogether. Instead, their prototype devices employ the same power-scavenging technique used by battery-free radio frequency identification (RFID) tags." From digg on May 15, 2006 at 8:30 a.m..
Signs You're a Crappy Programmer (and don't know it) "You know those crappy programmers who don’t know they are crappy? You know, they think they're pretty good, they spout off the same catch phrase rhetoric they've heard some guru say and they know lots of rules about the "correct" way to do things?" From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Employers: Get a Grip on Your Job Descriptions Two days ago, I received an inquiry from a Fortune 500 company looking for a contractor to perform system administration work. I read the email and sat befuddled trying to figure out what this employer wanted an applicant to do. Perhaps you an figure it out. Here’s the job requirements. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Hello Again, Speech Recognition Back in the bubbly 1990s, many folks in and out of the tech industry believed they would soon be controlling their computers simply by talking to them. This never happened, of course, but when the hype died, the research work went on and great progress was made. Speech may now be poised for a comeback on PCs and, even more so, on handheld devices. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
The story of Open Source as a Fairy Tale of the Fruit Tree GREAT explanation of the open source movement. Compares software to a fruit tree. Explains the motivation and process of open source projects on a level that even a child could understand. Parts 2 and 3 get into the different lisences. (Translated from Japanese, so some grammar may be off.) I love the graphics! From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Upcoming 360 game to have 390 square mile game map Compare it to oblivion which is 16 square miles, this game is 25 times bigger than oblivion. You can fly planes, drive cars etc etc. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Asteroid Apophis: The Most Imminent Threat of Natural Disaster Known A direct hit on an urban area could unleash more destruction than Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 Asian tsunami and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake combined. The blast would equal 880 million tons of TNT or 65,000 times the power of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Graphical Music: Harmonics Animated A flash animation showing the relationship between chromatics, harmonics, and even primes and non-primes. It sounds as cool as it looks! From the author's site: "a musical realization of the motion graphics of john whitney as described in his book 'digital harmony'" From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
LG Unveils The World's Slimmest Laptop! It looks like cell phones aren’t the only gadgets that are undergoing the whole “shrinking” process. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Xtreme firmware for TS-H943 Xbox 360 released!!! The long awated xbox 360 firmware is now available for download for anyone who is willing to flash their drive! From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
High-definition video could choke Internet With more people turning to the Internet to get their TV experts are suggesting that the demand could be too much for ISPs to cope with. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Google Page Creator with Gadgets Sign in to your Google Pages, click on Site settings, then enable Experimental features. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
The State of Linux Graphics "My conclusion is that most people don’t really know what is going on with graphics in Linux. It’s understandable that people don’t see the whole picture. Graphics is a large and complex area with many software components and competing developer groups. I’ve written this as an attempt to explain how all of the parts fit together." From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Web gets more listeners than AM/FM Nearly one in four (24 per cent) listens online compared with 21 per cent who tune in to analogue broadcasts. Seventeen per cent use digital (Dab) radio and nine per cent get the programmes via their TV. The remaining 29 per cent represent the proportion of Virgin regulars who do not tune in at all on a given day. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Vista style Task tips (winxp) Free Visual Task Tips. Hover over open or closed tasks in your task bar and get the image of whats going on in that program. Really cool. A function that has been on OSX for quite some time. Now on win xp and being tested on vista. From digg on May 15, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..
Townsville Career One Expo This event attracts a large number of exhibitors offering information on tertiary studies, employment options and further studies. You will find experienced and informed staff to assist you with your specific queries. It is the ideal expo for all school students in years 10, 11 12 and their parents, mature age students, careers seekers, those interested in upgrading skills, organisations looking for staff training options and anyone wanting to find out what course and careers options are currently available. Admission is free. From EdNA Online on May 15, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
AUSTAFE Conference 2006 This conference seeks to explore partnerships between the Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) sector and schools, community, industry, government and higher education. From EdNA Online on May 15, 2006 at 5:30 a.m..
Canberra Careers Market The Canberra Careers Market is an annual event conducted on the first Wednesday and Thursday of August each year. The Rotary Club of Canberra City Canberra Careers Market specialises in the provision of valuable career opportunities to secondary students throughout the ACT and surrounding NSW schools network. There are over 100 local and national exhibitors, including universities, colleges, and career placement organisations providing a wide range of information sources. Entry is free. From EdNA Online on May 15, 2006 at 4:30 a.m..
ACS Career Advisors' Seminars (Melbourne, 31 May) Designed for career advisers and other professionals providing career counselling, the ACS Coles Myer Seminars will allow you to learn more about various career pathways. Industry representatives will be present to offer advice, direction and further information. From EdNA Online on May 15, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..
Training Forum 2006: Skilling for Work This forum will give trainers, teachers, assessors, industry representatives and anyone involved in VET the opportunity to: Learn how to plan, deliver and assess training to meet the varied needs of the client and their environment; Participate in interactive workshop sessions which will promote discussion on changes which will impact on the sector, including raising the School leaving age, fast tracking Apprenticeships, and others; Learn how to engage with industry and meet the needs of workplaces; Gain career development strategies; Access information, resources etc; Meet and network with co From EdNA Online on May 15, 2006 at 3:30 a.m..
National Safe Schools Week National Safe Schools Week is an Australian Government initiative, run in collaboration with State and Territory Governments. The week long activities will include forums, generating ideas about how safe school environments can be created and sustained, electronic media projects, and practical information sessions focusing on effective conflict resolution processes. From EdNA Online on May 15, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..
OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation - Ceri-forums OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) CERI-forums is a space where views on cutting educational issues, and current, emerging and future trends, such as the impact of scientific advances in brain research, e-learning, university futures, new technologies, language learning and cultural diversity can be shared. The site also offers articles on the latest research, debating rooms and a CERI topic of the month. From EdNA Online on May 15, 2006 at 2:30 a.m..
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds An english site for early childhood students on the protection of birds. It includes information and interactive games on England's wildlife. From EdNA Online on May 15, 2006 at 1:30 a.m..
The best free Mac Apps If you are just switching over to a Mac, like me, you are probably looking for some good free software. Here is a list of 10 that will come in handy for any Mac switcher. From on May 15, 2006 at 12:37 a.m..
Is allofmp3.com down for good? Is this the end to the 2nd most used music download service? Both allofmp3.com and alltunes.com are no longer pulling up their address. Was it too good to be true? Check it out... From on May 15, 2006 at 12:37 a.m..
2006 Canada Census responds to public demand, allows Linux Responding to popular demand, Statistics Canada has removed the restriction against Linux. Java 1.5 required. Effective May 13th, 2006. From on May 15, 2006 at 12:37 a.m..
The Great Singularity Debate: The Future Of Humanity and Technology If you aren’t familiar with the concept of singularity, here is the elevator pitch: Since technology is the product of cognition, the Singularity is an effect that snowballs once it occurs - the first smart minds can create smarter minds, and smarter minds can produce still smarter minds From on May 15, 2006 at 12:37 a.m..
Engadget.com - A Visual Breakdown. How much advertising is there on the Engadget.com site? And how much screen space demands Weblogs Inc.? Take a look at this comprehensive breakdown. From on May 15, 2006 at 12:37 a.m..
Nintendo Wii Graphics On Par With Xbox 360? The article explains that most companies have been mislead to underestimate the technical capabilities of the Wii. The source for the article also makes a bold statement by saying: "the Wii will be visually on par with the Xbox 360 and may even exceed it slightly." From on May 15, 2006 at 12:37 a.m..
What the font?! Ever wanted to find a font just like the one used by certain websites or publications? Well now you can, using the WhatTheFont font recognition system. Upload a scanned image of the font and instantly, what the font will find the closest matches in its database. From on May 15, 2006 at 12:37 a.m..
Toyota Prius knocked from top fuel efficiency spot by '06 VW Jetta Auf wiedersehen, sucka! The Toyota Prius, long considered top of the heap by the public to be the most fuel-efficient car on the road, was put into the #2 spot by the Volkswagen Jetta TDI on a road test. [Via Autoweek] From on May 15, 2006 at 12:37 a.m..
Exclusive pics of new Sony portable Is it a UMPC? Is it a PDA? What is it??? You be the judge, but we can tell you it's a portable computing device with Bluetooth, WiFi, and a slide-out keyboard. From on May 15, 2006 at 12:37 a.m..
Bon Echo (aka Firefox 2) Alpha 2 Review Mozilla has just released the second alpha of upcoming Firefox 2, code named Bon Echo (after Bon Echo public park following a Firefox development tradition). Scheduled for sometime this winter (or summer in the North Hemisphere), this version brings a number of enhancements. Let's start the review. From on May 15, 2006 at 12:37 a.m..
Parenting Newsletter (CYH Centre for Parenting, SA) The Parenting Newsletter, published by the Child and Youth Health's Centre for Parenting, is a resource for professionals who work with parents and families. It contains information about services, programs and people, as well as reviews and research. From EdNA Online on May 15, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
2feet4feet Letchworth Museum in England produced this site to accompany a museum workshop for Early childhood pupils. The workshop can be used as part of a Science Unit, focusing on hands-on, interactive learning. The Animal Trail is a good interactive whiteboard activity. From EdNA Online on May 15, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Federation Fellowships for Monash in IT and Medicine Monash University has received two Federation Fellowships in the 2006 round of the federal grants, designed to enable outstanding internationally renowned researchers to continue their work in Australia. Leading researchers Professor Jamie Rossjohn, (Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences) and Professor Pascal Van Hentenryck (Faculty of Information Technology) have been awarded the fellowships by the Australian Research Council, announced by Science Minister Julie Bishop. Monash Unoversity Newsline, 11 May 2006 From EdNA Online on May 15, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
National Whiteboard Network: ICT Across the Curriculum Within this section of the National Whiteboard Network is a collection of Science Powerpoint presentations for students up to Year 6. Created for use with interactive whiteboards. From EdNA Online on May 15, 2006 at 12:30 a.m..
Cane-Toad.com Cane-Toad: What happended to Baz is a short film created by Australian Animators Andrew Silke and David Clayton. It is a comedy based on the real-life treatment of the dreaded Canetoad in Australia, specfically Queensland. From EdNA Online on May 14, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..
Viewing The Viewer: Postmodern Picture Books This WebQuest has been designed for students in Stage 6 (Years 11 and 12). It explores the picture book, The Viewer, illustrated by Shaun Tan and written by Gary Crew. Children's literature, in the form of picture books, is a rich source for study. Students in Stage 6 English are required to critically analyse texts. This quest aims to assist students develop skills in critical analysis and visual literacy. From EdNA Online on May 14, 2006 at 11:30 p.m..
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