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Top Movie Lines from Casablanca

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:50:13 -0700

Probably the best collection of memorable quotes from any Movie. "Play it again Sam" ... isn't one of them. 1. Rick: ...Here's looking at you, kid. 2. Captain Renault: I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here! 3. Rick: If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life. ..... Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that. Now, now... Here's looking at you kid. 4. Captain Renault: I'm only a poor corrupt official. 5. Rick: Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. 6. Rick: You played it for her, you can play it for me! 7. Rick: Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine. 8. Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters. Captain Renault: The waters? What waters? We're in the desert. Rick: I was misinformed. 9. Banker: What? Do you know who I am? Rick: I do. You're lucky the bar's open to you. 10 . Yvonne: Where were you last night? Rick: That's so long ago, I don't remember. Yvonne: Will I see you tonight? Rick: I never make plans that far ahead. 11. Rick: If it's December 1941 in Casablanca, what time is it in New York? 12. Captain Renault: How extravagant you are, throwing away women like that. Some day they may be scarce. 13. Rick: We all try. You succeed. 14. Rick: You thought what? Ugarte: Hm, what right do I have to think, huh? 15. Captain Renault: Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects. 16. Captain Renault: I've often speculated why you don't return to America. Did you abscond with the church funds? Run off with a senator's wife? I like to think you killed a man. It's the Romantic in me.

Top 10 Movies of all time

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:40:03 -0700

Based on the number of memorable lines ..... 1. Casablanca (1942) - too many lines to list - all time Champ 2. Princess Bride (1987) - "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya ...." - among others 3. Demolition Man (1993) - Starts with "Joy Joy feelings" and goes from there. 4. Roxanne (1987) - "What am I afraid of her for? She's no rocket scientist." - Reply "Well, actually, she is a rocket scientist. " 5. The Usual Suspects (1995) - title from the line in Casblanca - then there's " Are you Keyser S�ze?" 6. Strategic Air Command (1955) - "Don't tell me your little problems ...." June Allyson's character to General Hawkes 7. Sabrina (1995) - "Mother, you've copied me on the financial standings of this company for 17 years. You just assumed I couldn't read. " 8. - Twelve O'Clock High (1949) - "If there's a bombardier who can't hit his plate with his fork, you get him. If there's a navigator who can't find the men's room, you get him. Because you rate him. " 9. Battle of Britain (1969) - "Trusting in god and praying for radar" 10. The American President (1995) - "You can say what you want. It's always the guy in my job that ends up doing 18 months in Danbury minimum security prison. "

extreme IT makeover

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:39:03 -0800

From Northen Voice 2008 with this morning sessions complete there are a number of mind expanding thoughts. I think the one I like best is the idea of a IT renovation show. They have people that will help you with your living room layout, fix your resturant, or makeover your closet. - why not your technology. This isn't another geek show or something for TechTv. This is making tour technology life work bette through professional help. I got the idea at a session on social media in the enterprise. And really need to get a podcast going on that.

Canada ... In the first person.

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:22:00 -0700

It is fashionable to talk about your country in the third person such as .... �I don�t like what Canada is doing about Global Warming� ... in the realm of things like political discussions. But after watching today�s ceremony from Vimy Ridge I stumbled upon an concept that I have never been able to put into words. When I think about Canada it is not the �Government of Canada� , It�s Canada in the First Person. By that I mean; there is this fundamental part of me that is being a Canadian. I have a hard time thinking about living anywhere else, and I could never become a citizen of somewhere else. It is this deep emotion that says this is who I am and when Canada hurts, I cry. That is my country in the First Person. I think it came to me when I watch part of a docudrama yesterday and they had a group of teen to twenty-somethings visiting Beaumont Hamel. A girl, whose family wasn�t originally from Newfoundland but she was born and grew up there, was speaking of the July 1st battle. It wasn�t her family�s history but it was her�s. She was a Newfoundlander. This was sacred ground. When she thought of the devastation of the Newfoundland Regiment it wasn�t just a battle it was a disaster to Newfoundland as big as a Tsunami or an earthquake and it didn�t matter if it happened 10 years ago or 100. It was part of who you are today. I was right there, with her, at that moment. And again this morning watching the largest monument to Canada reopen. There will be those that will argue the futility or war, or the glorification of long ago battles, or whether the legend of a place like Vimy is backed up by facts. Don�t care. Not the point. This is my country, it is an inseparable part of who I am, you mess with Canada your messing with me .. Personally.

Under the title, "Well .... Yeah what did you expect"

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:13:00 -0800

Under the title of criticism, this gem from Ottawa. From the CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/01/03/defence-contract.html "Liberal MP and defence critic Ujjal Dosanjh told the newspaper that the procurement process lacks "civilian oversight" because purchases are driven mostly by military requirements." Buying military equipement based on military requirements ... go figure.

$100 laptop rant

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:04:00 -0800

Reaction to Unfortunately the $100 laptop is closer to reality: http://www.kaliyasblogs.net/Iwoman/?p=515 WOW - that is a lot of stuff for one post. Using my best actively listening for a moment - what I heard had more to do with the export of educational processes and value, rather than the export of a laptop. Setting aside the eWaste argument for just a moment, the point about the negative effects of western education on the developing world is not even unique to the developing world. I have people living here (Victoria, BC) say the same about their local schools; non-contextual learning, devaluing self-esteem, and the ills of large scale planning that ignores/usurps the community. There is a huge discussion here and almost none of it has anything to do with a $100 laptop. I did like a couple of comments from Negroponte's TEDTalk. The 'days of pilot project is over' is one of my favorites. Pilot project, in a government setting, is mostly about doing small scale project because real change it too expensive. In that respect I find the $100 laptop project to be refreshing. Either you believe access to technology is good for students - and find a way to give them all some - or you don't. Whether a $100 laptop is the logical next step for some of these locations should be a focus of local debate. I certainly like this model better than the 'donate your old computers to the poor' model that has been advocated by others as a way to be charitable and get rid of your junk at the same time. That is a total eWaste problem. But that is really not the debate we have here. Your post was an interesting when read right after Wil Richardson's New Year post (http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/2007so-now-what/) that is somewhat disparing of educational progress. I think this is as eloquent a call to get more people involved in this debate. With repect, I think your raging against the wrong machine.

Teaching and Learning in a 7x24 World

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:05:00 -0800

Note: The expression �Anywhere Anytime learning� has already been used by a number of organizations, not the least is Microsoft�s Laptop Program for schools. As a result the phrase 7x24 learning is being used instead.
JUST IN TIME
The current educational model is vested in the remnants of the industrial revolution. The reality of the current century relies on Communications Technology and a fundamental shift in time management to provide services �on-demand�. Public Education must attempt to meet a similar level of service or languish. The Japanese just-in�time production model (KANBAN) was one of the early examples of this shift. Some educational writers have dubbed just-in-time education as KANBRAIN. Both models rely on well-engineered systems � usually centrally managed � that allow resources to be made available as and where needed to solve a problem or complete a task

WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE?
The expectation is that you can do your banking, shop for a house, and communicate globally at anytime day or night � weekday or weekend. This leads to different work lives and students are adapting similar strategies. If a family wants to go on vacation in June instead of July there should be systems that allow their children to complete their work ahead of time. Currently absences from school don�t adequately allow for the completion of work missed. A student that is involved in athletics or other activities that create large absences have to put their education �on hold� or rely on some form of distance learning. Students that can�t perform well in school get pushed to the fringe of the school community and, unless there is a demonstrated disability, must lobby for extra help or purchase that service outside the school system.

All of these problems relate to the time and space limitations of the conventional school model. The application of common technology tools and adaptation of current school models

If it ain�t broke - Concentrate schools on what they do well, socialization, face to face instruction, and custodial care.
�Outside the box� � develop tools and systems that leverage students time outside school to support learning
Build out � use the content and interaction of the bricks-and-mortar environment to build the capacity for better distributed and distance learning.
One-stop � provide centralized systems and services that allow the basic infrastructure for flexibility and choice.
Create Capacity in the System � build the appropriate enabling components centrally that are equally available regardless of location or delivery model.

PUSH, PULL and DRAG
Collaborative learning tools that promote multiple paths to student achievement required compelling reasons for students, teachers and parents participate. These tools must have compelling content and resources (PULL). In the confusion of most information systems we cannot simple rely on users tripping over useful information. There must be a mechanism to PUSH information (email, cell phone) to participants based on known areas of interest. Finally, where PUSH and PULL fail we must have a system to DRAG participants to the new model of teaching and learning. This includes Informational blackmail, by providing vital information, Staff HR services, Student Grades, and Parental Communication only through a limited number of methods, participants must participate or risk being left out of vital information.

References

Department for Education and Skills (2005) Harnessing Technology: Transforming Learning and Children�s Services

National Association of State Boards of Education (2001) Any Time, Any Place, Any Path, Any Pace: Taking the Lead on e-Learning policy.

BBC via Bittorrent

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:13:00 -0800

Hundreds of episodes of BBC programmes will be made available on a file-sharing network for the first time, the corporation has announced. The move follows a deal between the commercial arm of the organisation, BBC Worldwide, and technology firm Azureus. The agreement means that users of Azureus' Zudeo software in the US can download titles such as Little Britain. Until now, most BBC programmes found on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks have been illegal copies. Beth Clearfield, vice president of program management and digital media at BBC Worldwide, said that the agreement was part of a drive to reach the largest audience possible. "We are very excited to partner with Azureus and make our content available through this revolutionary distribution model," she said. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6194929.stm

Microsoft announces "Increased Lawsuits"

Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:01:33 -0700

In today's email from Microsoft, they are proud to announce their "Increased Lawsuits Against Piracy" Most people would think announcing new products might be a better strategy

Reply to JoshuaZ

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:18:00 -0700

I was clearing out my gmail and got a kind note from Wikipedia from JoshuaZ and I was compelled to write something to explain why I would be declining his invitation to return to the debate.

I was a huge fan an promoter of Wikipedia and now I hate it with a vengence so its time to leave.
The last straw was the recent deletion debate for a small school called Finger Lakes and the associated Deletion Review. The hatred and blame heaped by editors and adminstrators alike was more than I could take. More and more my time was caught up in AfDs and reading Admin discussions or some Request for Arbration.

I am a teacher and mentor to alot of other teachers and I really can no longer recommend Wikipedia as a place teachers should bring student to get caught in a buzz saw of '''guidelines''' and debates. So I need to spend my time elsewhere.

I believe this issue of '''notability''' will eventually rip Wikipedia apart. As much as people articluate issues of quality and verifiability I can't help but feel that notability standard is being built as a weapon. It is stated as the single (and only reason) to delete content regardless of the validity of the content. I offer as examples the following quote from recent debates:

Elementary schools are not inherently notable

An article can be well-written and verifiable and yet be about something utterly unnoteworthy.

Size and verifiability are not at issue. Notability os (is?).
Notability is a subjective media driven, popularity contest. Heavily weighted toward American popular content.

If the DRV debate isn't enough evidence, the recent coverage of Wikipedia in some of the content I follow is more examples of the farce that we are becoming. During the Edtech talk podcast they discussed the Deletion of Stephen Downes article who is a fairly respected member of the Educational Technology community and a fellow of the National Research Council but apparently was consider un-notable by some. The specific comment what what are they worried about - running out of paper? followed by laughter.

The recent issue of Rob Levin making my friend Kaliya's Blog which also questioned the notability standard. The deletion debate on Rob's article which apparently was of a significant level of discussion that even Jimbo Wales weighed in with the comment that even he didn't understand the debate.

My goal in creating articles was to create content that would draw editors. The barriers to entry are large and intimidating. I was stunned recently to find their was no article on Punch Dickins a flying hero of mine. I created a stub that I wasn't overly happy with but User:Bzuk to the rescue with more content. This is what advances the dialog. Was my first article bad enough to get AfDed - probably. Is a small school notable - probably not, but that is not its job. If editors of articles are forced to spend time seeing if someone famous at lunch somewhere to prove a city park deserves an article we are chasing the wrong kind of information.

As with all things, I believe the imperative in AfD should be at first do no harm, regardless of all the rules is the content creating real demonstrable harm. If not - live and let live.