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Looking back today on Chrome’s second anniversary, it’s amazing to see how much has changed in just a short time. In August 2008, JavaScript was 10 times slower, HTML5 support wasn’t yet an essential feature in modern browsers, and the idea of a sandboxed, multi-process browser was only a research project. All browsers have come a long way in the last two years and the web has become much more fun and useful.
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A game where you are president of the European Nations. You must tackle climate change and stay popular enough with the voters to remain in office.
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How and why is global warming accelerating? What sort of climate can we expect in 2100? Which human activities are most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions? How can we reduce these emissions? How does climate change currently affect our ecosystems and what impact will it have on them in the future? How will mankind be able to adapt to future climate change? Are you ready to set off on a journey that will take you into the heart of climate change and sustainable development? You are? OK! Let’s go !
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Nature’s game of survival in a Web based world of great beauty and danger.
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Earth Day 2009 is on Tuesday, April 22nd. Go green and celebrate the planet with these fun online Earth Day games and activities.
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See how the people of dumptown turned their backward town around.
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Are you game for finding out more about key conservation issues such as endangered species, global warming and pollution? If you are, then go right ahead and indulge yourself!
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Come and join Vermi the Worm and all his friends on an adventure into the world of worm bins and vermicomposting!
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Games and activities for understanding the environment and science
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You are just steps away from starting your video chat
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That perfect moment when a good teacher says the right thing can create enough inspiration for a lifetime
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On the day Apple was revealing details about its plans for social networking and music here’s a useful Slideshare presentation on developing Apple iPad strategy. It looks at positioning, content and rival platforms with examples of the layout being employed by the likes of USA Today.
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Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need
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This rubric may be used for assessing individual blog entries, including comments on peers’ blogs.
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Your posts aren’t attracting the attention they deserve. Comments are scarce and retweets require hours of pleading on Twitter. You spend days scouring the web for answers. You even reach out to other bloggers for their insight. But you still come up empty.
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Here are some great interactive sites to create graphs with your students:
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For some reason I expected a bit more explosion (thanks, Hollywood!), but these high speed photography shots capture the fantastic moment when a bullet passes through a drop of water, slicing it in half with a bit of a splash.
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Historians study the everyday lives of people who lived in the past by looking at clues: the objects and documents that people left behind and that have somehow survived. Someday future historians interested in the history of the late 20th century may study your family!
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Everything you need to know to teach and learn about maps.
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Spread the news about a business, organization or event and easily share it with your social networks, search engines or next door neighbor. It’s the new way to get found.
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Webcams from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
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One of the most violent but beautiful reminders that we live on a geologically restless planet are volcanic eruptions. Around 550 volcanoes have erupted at least once in historic times, and around 50 or 60 are active each year. On any given day, as many as 10 volcanoes may be spewing ash or lava somewhere on Earth
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Fix your shaky videos, for free.
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I’m still in awe of the essence of the Web: connection and collaboration on a previously unimaginable scale. Yet I also feel like these connections waste my time. Not because anything in old media can provide them more effectively, but because the tools that make up the social web are still in a very early stage of evolution and they create a lot of unnecessary waste. This waste is a consequence of the Seven Digital Sins.
The content of this blog is generated by whatever strikes my fancy at any given point. It might be computers, weather, political, or something else in nature. I experiment and comment a lot on things so don't take anything here too seriously; I might change my mind a day later but what you read is my thought and opinion at the time I wrote it! My formal education includes a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Toronto. Ontario Ministry of Education and Training qualifications are in Data Processing, Computer Science, Accounting, and Mathematics. My personal website is at: http://www.dougpeterson.ca Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dougpete I'm bookmarking things at: http://www.delicious.com/dougpete
