Category Archives: thinking

school sux, work sox

Posted on February 28, 2009 by lynsey gedye

The flight home last night from the Auckland was awash with aging suits who’d been at the employment summit. I talked to one of the suits – one of the 200 grey knights invited in to come up with ideas … Continue reading →

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books

Posted on November 3, 2008 by lynsey gedye

Once there was a well known philosopher and scholar who devoted himself to the study of Zen for many years. On the day that he finally attained enlightenment, he took all of his books out into the yard, and burned … Continue reading →

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no writing. reading only.

Posted on September 25, 2008 by lynsey gedye

One of the nervous moments people experience is the thought of their parents – you know – doing it. Not doing it, doing IT. Somehow the thought of our grandparents doing it isn’t so bad, and great grandparents – well, … Continue reading →

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Open Library

Posted on August 23, 2008 by lynsey gedye

A kind of ‘Open Sesame’ to the Aladdin’s Cave of published books. The way humans are going on we’re soon going to have to open another planet next door just to store the books. Open Library is an ideal option … Continue reading →

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bombed back to the dark ages…

Posted on August 5, 2008 by lynsey gedye

Driven by by the dual forces of my Dad being able to turn his hand to any sort of manual skill, and my paranoia about the world being thumped back to the dark ages, I’m very interested in how to … Continue reading →

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Kate ‘08 – changing a life, one day at a time

Posted on April 1, 2008 by lynsey gedye

I’ve so been looking forward to writing this posting. It’s number 500. And somewhere in the first few paragraphs it’ll topple over into 200,000 words. I started writing here on 1 August 2005 – it’s literally been a life changing … Continue reading →

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feeling redundant

Posted on March 18, 2008 by lynsey gedye

Lately I’ve been spending quite a fortune on dentistry. There’s been a number of visits, and more to go it seems. I’m trying to be positive, and my dentist and I (and my credit card) have a great relationship. A … Continue reading →

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using tiddlywiki for teaching

Posted on March 11, 2008 by lynsey gedye

As I was heading off to lunch today (roast beef, couscous, roast vegetables and an apple, yeah, all good thank you), I was talking to a colleague about a recent National Geographic article. She mentioned her Dad had hauled out … Continue reading →

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tiddle me

Posted on October 17, 2007 by lynsey gedye

I was talking about my new online Japanese haiku tiddlywiki with one of my workmates. He was saying how he’d like a tiddlywiki to create manuals etc, but the whole online hosting drama was just a pain when you’re not … Continue reading →

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No, Timmy, I did not have a pet dinosaur…

Posted on September 5, 2007 by lynsey gedye

I’ve had cause lately to go into tidy-up mode. You know the drill; dig out boxes of fascinating and valuable stuff you stored away, only to find that mildew and mutant dust bunnies are the only life forms with an … Continue reading →

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