On Day 1 of the HighEdWeb conference, one strong impression I got was that everyone is either using or considering using one or more Javascript frameworks to speed up their web development. Javascript frameworks are libraries of pre-written widgets or controls that developers can essentially plug into their websites without having to develop them from […]
Last week I watched “The Eye”, the 2002 Chinese thriller directed by the Pang Brothers and starring Angelica Lee (aka Lee Sin-Jee) as Mun, a young blind woman who receives a corneal transplant, and discovers that she can see ghosts. I was mesmerized by this film. The suspense was great, the soundtrack was interesting and […]
Today the clock strikes 45. It’s my birthday, and after 45 years as Terry Thompson (yawn), I’m celebrating this day by changing my name. Mind you, it’s nothing nearly as dramatic as Cat Stevens changing his name to Jusuf Islam, or Robert Zimmerman to Bob Dylan, or Gordon Sumner to Sting, or Paul Hewson to […]