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Growing Up Analogue, Wired for Scapegoating
Posted on 21. Nov, 2010 by Bran Rainey.
Who is to blame for the academic disinterest of students? The students are. Most people would point out that students should be guided by the education system, not punished. And that all sounds great on paper when you’re trying to appease people’s parents for political reasons, but I know first-hand that this is not a stance that holds any water in reality.
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Messy Rooms: Get Your Shit Together
Posted on 21. Nov, 2010 by Bran Rainey.
There’s a fine line between a messy room and a disaster. Walk this line carefully.
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Tim Hortons: Get Your Shit Together
Posted on 19. Nov, 2010 by Bran Rainey.
Sometimes you just want a coffee and a doughnut, and that’s what Tim Hortons is for. So it stands to reason that they need to have their own variation on the fast-food fountain drink. It’s actually a pretty good design — sometimes.
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Different (short story)
Posted on 05. Nov, 2010 by Bran Rainey.
We reach the basement and the carpeting abruptly stops as the corridor leads into a sleek, metallic room. This is his storage room, where he keeps what could be the most powerful object on Earth. Money, fame, power. I just have to get through the locked vault door and I’ll have it all. It’s what I’ve always needed.
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10 Words You Might Be Misspelling
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Bran Rainey.
Even otherwise-intelligent people have problems with spelling when words don’t follow the expected patterns, or are spelled really differently from their pronunciation. That’s why I’ve compiled a list of the ten most frequently-misspelled common words.
