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Jointly-owned Copyrights
This is interesting: Several startups believe that web3 technologies will upend how authors make a living—and how we define who owns a story. What if you could own a stake in Harry Potter? What if the book series functioned like a publicly traded company where individuals could “buy stock” in it, and as the franchise grows, those “stocks” become more valuable? If this were the case, someone who purchased just three percent of Harry Potter back when there was only one book would be a billionaire now. Just imagine how that would affect the reading experience. Suddenly a trip to Barnes & Noble becomes an investment opportunity. Early readers could spot “the…
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Countdown
We threw a farewell party for Mina last night and invited her classmates and their families. She’s been going to school with some of them since they were two or three years old, so it was sad… Yet, she is ready to go off on her adventure. We take off in just over 10 days… The next week will be finishing work and school for us, and getting stuff ready to go. When we got back home last night from the party, it was nearly midnight and starting to rain, and somebody rang our doorbell. It was a Grab (food delivery) rider who stopped to say he had seen a…
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Shadowy Yum Salad – Kitchen Unknown
Overblown dark images: The outcome of snapping food shots in dimly lit places, combined with the temptation to do too much in editing software.
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Hua Hin Seafood Joint
Actually, I think this was a local hole in the wall in Prachuap Kiri Khan, but I’m too lazy to change the title. From our trip in April: When Thais start getting hungry for lunch, get out the way, man! Or rather, get yours before it’s all gone!
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Lizter! Mashup
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A Time to Remember
Max went to study for a few months in Washington state in spring of 2019. Nam took him there and came back. It was hard to watch him go and be away from him because we were such a close family – we ate almost every meal together since the kids were born (and they were almost all great meals). Well, three months turned into four and then six, and then pretty soon he wanted to be there for a whole year. We agreed to the extensions every time since he seemed to be having such a great time. And then the pandemic came. We watched in horror as one…
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New Wave Pumpkins
How this video has so few views (11,802 as of writing this) is puzzling. The songs all kind of sound similar, but not overall, it’s too interesting to pass up: The same editor also has this gem up on their channel: One of the best bands of my university years in Japan!
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Minecraft’s Six Principles of Game-based Learning
The failure dynamic, fail early, fail often. Teach students to take risks in a safe environment- a game. The flexibility dynamic. Provide multiple paths to success. Old school video games had one way to win. Newer “sandbox” games are more open. The construction dynamic. Build something that matters. Students want to create things with a purpose. Minecraft lets them create something difficult and worthwhile. The situated meaning. Learn new ideas by experiencing them. Students learn vocabulary in real-time, as it pertains to playing with others in the game; or learn math as they understand construction. Systems thinking. Learn how all pieces can fit or be fitted. Games help players see…
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Spoonful of Semtex
I’m just a sucker for Mary.
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Windows Store Error Fix for Missing “wuauserv”
Today, I encountered serious Windows Update problems that started as a Windows store problems, namely, I couldn’t install anything from the Windows Store or any Minecraft programs at all – a big problem because I’m brushing up on MC, Roblox, and Scratch teaching skills. The guided walkthrough from Microsoft didn’t help, so I tried manually resetting the Windows Update Service: Open administrative Command Prompt and type following commands one-by-one followed by Enter key.net stop wuauservnet stop cryptSvcnet stop bitsnet stop msiserverRen C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution SoftwareDistribution.oldRen C:\Windows\System32\catroot2 Catroot2.oldnet start wuauservnet start cryptSvcnet start bitsnet start msiserverClose Command Prompt and see if Windows Updates works then. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/window-10-update-is-stuck-on-checking-for-updates/d4833fef-620e-445b-9b99-997c03b9a1f8 However, the “net start wuauserv” command returned…
