Monthly Archives: February 2006

I contacted the instructor who sent his English students to the fiction remix wiki, and he said these were the instructions he gave to his students. My Honors English class (ninth graders) has a weekly discussion board assignment. Many of … Continue reading →

OpenCourseWare is an important step in getting information to those that need it, but I think just as important, and perhaps the ‘next step’ is an alternative accrediation system. For many, just getting the information is enough, but for others, … Continue reading →

It was about a week ago I put up a few of my short stories, and one of Jack London’s, on a wiki. The Jack London story is getting quite a bit of attention. It appears that an English teacher … Continue reading →

Great Story. “The episode illustrated the profound impact of the Internet on political discourse in China…”

It’s probably the fact that I read too many science fiction books as a teen, but the idea of a space elevator really intrigues me. It’s probably far fetched, and it may never happen, but then again it just might. … Continue reading →

Yahoo is now offering rewards to use their search engine. The list of possible incentives looked pretty good, but the Netflix one especially caught my eye. I would be tempted to switch (or at least search on yahoo first) if … Continue reading →

Have you ever wondered what you get when you cross a physics engine, a Rube Goldberg device, and a whole lot of free time? Wonder no more.

I posted a link to my wiki site to several discussion boards, and one suggestion was in addition to a remix, keeping in the spirit of things of audio sampling, was to do a fiction mashup. Take two pieces of … Continue reading →

So already I had an experience that shows me there may be something to writing fiction in a collaborative environment. I posted a few stories on my wiki the other day, and then announced the fact on a few discussion … Continue reading →

Well, I’ve finally put up a wiki site where people can remix fiction. I found a free site that uses media wiki, the same code that wikipedia uses. Anyway, I’ve only put up three things, a short story in the … Continue reading →