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Let it Bleed: New blog
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Monday, October 18, 2010. Activity here has ceased. A new blog has arisen: nosedog.tumblr.com. Long may it reign! Is a companion blog to Midnight Rambler. See links to recent entries below). Both blogs contain items of interest to the author, but Bleed. Is short and sharp while Rambler. Is long and laborious. Is a consequence of pollution in the blogspot.com namespace. The image above is cropped from a Jackson Pollock painting. Shared items from Google Reader.
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Let it Bleed: Modern slavery
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Thursday, July 17, 2008. That took place before the recent Indian Premier League cricket competition! Anyway, one or two black former football players got very cranky, very publicly, at Blatter's turn of phrase, saying how very dare he. Trivialise the pain felt by descendants of real. Is a companion blog to Midnight Rambler. See links to recent entries below). Both blogs contain items of interest to the author, but Bleed. Is short and sharp while Rambler. Is long and laborious.
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Let it Bleed: The Sham: all about Petersham
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008. The Sham: all about Petersham. I live in Petersham. A cool inner-west suburb of Sydney. I was absolutely delighted, then, to discover the 'sham. A blog with rich observations of life in Petersham. It's the creation of Lucas Ihlein in his capacity as artist-in-residence during April and May 2006. From what I understand, his work was commissioned by Marrickville Council and after he had lived, written about and photographed. Highlights I've discovered so far are his venture.
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Let it Bleed: Moonlight Sonata in B minor
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Saturday, August 16, 2008. Moonlight Sonata in B minor. A curiosity I heard on the radio today. Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is in C# minor, but a recently-deceased New Zealand-born pianist insisted on playing it in B minor, a whole tone lower. Tessa Birnie. Apparently claimed that C# minor on a modern piano does not equate to C# minor in Beethoven's day, and that modern performers are guilty of inauthenticity. Is a companion blog to Midnight Rambler. Is short and sharp while Rambler.
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Let it Bleed: Er, busy...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008. OK, so it's been a while. To say I've been busy would be rather an understatement. But that only excuses me for a few weeks, not a couple of months. Anyway, enough genuflecting. I just posted a good piece on Midnight Rambler. About Kevin Rudd losing some of his shine. It was going to appear here, but got too long. Is a companion blog to Midnight Rambler. See links to recent entries below). Both blogs contain items of interest to the author, but Bleed. Is long and laborious.
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Let it Bleed: What makes the Moon orbit the Earth?
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Monday, January 21, 2008. What makes the Moon orbit the Earth? Years ago I bought Richard Feynmann. S book Six Easy Pieces. It's only short, but contains fairly dense introductions to fundamental matters of physics. I'm enjoying the chapter on gravitation, because it goes into some detail on simple things I hadn't thought too deeply about. Why isn't it visibly pulled towards the Earth? A bullet, it will fall 5m in one second (allowing 10ms. For gravity). If you fire. A bullet at, say, 1000ms. Gravity, of...
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Let it Bleed: Principals to choose own staff
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008. Principals to choose own staff. I wrote about this. In Midnight Rambler yesterday. But Helen Pellegrino, in a letter to the Herald, has summed it up more succinctly than I could. Of course, teachers are able to sidestep the policy by choosing to work in the Catholic or independent sectors. This means that public education misses out on some excellent teachers. Is a companion blog to Midnight Rambler. Is short and sharp while Rambler. Is long and laborious.
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Let it Bleed: One more thing about gravity
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008. One more thing about gravity. Everyone knows that maths is important for science, but it's not always easy to present demonstrative examples of this to students. If a high school student studies physics or chemistry, the most advances mathematics they will need is probably solving or rearranging an equation, which is a Year 8 or 9 skill. In the Feynmann book I referred to yesterday, it digs a little deeper. Kepler discovered three laws about planetary motion by observation.
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Let it Bleed: Deus Ex Machina cafe
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Thursday, July 17, 2008. Deus Ex Machina cafe. On Parramatta Rd in Camperdown lies an intriguing store for anyone with even a curious interest in motorcycles: Deus Ex Machina. OK, it's a motorcycle shop; big deal. But it's a very nice looking shop that emphasises the aesthetic beauty often found in motorcycles. After all, the name literally means God out of a machine. The icing on the cake is the reading material available. In many cafes you're lucky to get your hands on today's newspaper. Deus. After si...
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Let it Bleed: Incredible new school concept in Washington
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Saturday, March 8, 2008. Incredible new school concept in Washington. It is my limited understanding that there exists a middle ground between public and private schools in the US: charter schools. That are publicly funded but self-run (i.e. independent of meddling bureaucrats). Or something. It doesn't really matter. All that matters is that a nascent Washington charter school called The Equity Project. Is a companion blog to Midnight Rambler. Is short and sharp while Rambler. Is long and laborious.
