Notices by Downes 🍁 (downes@mastodon.social), page 6

@lauraritchie I would totally geek out over it

@lauraritchie I've always been a devotee of the Roman Empire, but of course to me Roman stuff is rare.

I remember how excited I was to see my first Roman stuff. It was a Roman gate in Milan in 2003. I still hunt out Roman ruins anywhere I am where they were...

@lauraritchie I'm a bit surprised you simply reburied them and didn't have them studied in any way (I also hope you included a message in the new burial place so people in the future would know they had been moved).

On the other hand, such finds are probably a lot more routine where you are than where I am.

@lauraritchie Makes you wonder what life was like in 1619 when the person was buried there.

@lauraritchie @tellio @katebowles My eyes are always barely focused - that's why I wear strong glasses - so unfocusing doesn't do much for me.

@katebowles @tellio @dogtrax 'Feldgang' is a great word. It captures something I do all the time, but never put a name to.

What strikes me as key is that you're not going out with any predetermined outcome or objective in mind. You're just going out to see what there is to see.

I would include my city walks that I take when I'm traveling and my bicycle rides through the country around here. The idea is to experience what there is to be experienced. The ideas just flow.

@lauraritchie you should still go, especially as it's so close.

@blamb @dogtrax @lauraritchie @katebowles @tdorey i'm sure nobody was coerced. All I'm saying is that this would have made me really uncomfortable.

Prompted by a sketch on CBC radio, I was curious this morning to see how Google would answer the question, "Does God exist?" To my mild surprise, the first page of results consisted of statements that God does, in fact, exist.

I don't know whether or not God exists. But I have no good reason to believe that God exists. No evidence to suggest existence. No reason not to disbelieve.

https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2019/03/does-god-exist.html

@lauraritchie I don't.

This probably isn't good advice, but...

My networks are for sharing. That's their full purpose. If people have question, need advice, want to listen, whatever..

True, some good things have come to me from networks, but not as a result of me planning to use them for that purpose.

It's a Taoist approach - don't seek power, wealth, fame, etc. - I never want to ask for any of these.

No, my whole life isn't about sharing. I have my interests. But networks are for sharing.

@lauraritchie If only there were a small version of a cello you could carry with you instead...

@lauraritchie I've never been to Ireland either but apparantly most of my ancestors are from there.

@lauraritchie I've never been to Ireland either but apparently most of my ancestors were from there

Notes On ICDE's "Global Guidelines: Ethics in Learning Analytics" - https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2019/03/notes-on-global-guidelines-ethics-in.html

@ton but if I move to a small instance someone will take my name on a big instance.

Also - the universal bane of social networks - I'd lose all my contacts and history etc.

@dajbelshaw I'd suggest an email prompt with a direct link to log in.

@sleslie I have some people who email me (from when I visited a few years ago) - I asked and they said they definitely feel it but they're getting by. I worry for them but I don't think there's anything we can do.

Making baseball fun again. https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2019/03/making-baseball-fun-again.html

@jgmac1106 Paywalled. :(